TVG Sold?
 

Anyone else hear they were bought by Betfair?

No, but in more important news, do you think AQ will run tomorrow?

http://www.drf.com/news/article/101305.html

50 Million. Funny that a cable tv station that is available in 30 million homes is worth the same as Big Brown.

I know it's illegal now, but if Americans were somehow able to bet against horses in the manner that Betfair allows, that would rock.

It does rock!

ROFL. The best quote this year!

Considering that they get an ADW along with the tv it looks like a pretty good deal.

isnt there a site for that now, i think its called e-horse

Good . My 1st move would be to fire Ken Rudolph.

So what does this mean?? Are there going to be any changes??

sh*t, I'm in the great state of f'n Missouri, and we can even bet on the horses as the rest of the world allows, so I'm not even getting my hopes up for this...

any chance that Todd Schrup can get the "william wallace treatment" now that TVG is under English rule?

:D
:tro:

And then make it all females,like the" Naked News"

Direct Tv NOT
 

I have DirectTV, maybe 'Betfair' will also but HRTV, Stronach needs the $.
Then I can watch all the races!

What does this mean ?

the first known instance of hanging, drawing and quartering. what a way to go....that movie sucked by the way.

i don't like the tvg show where the blond guy (name escapes me) wanders around the set while he blathers on about upcoming races. ugh.

Matt Carothers in .58 flat

that's the one.

Carothers does not bother me.....Ken R. and Schrub NEED to go

it's not him, it's the format for that particular show.

Any Equine TV is good
 

Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship.

Any and ALL televised horse racing is a GOOD THING!

Sadly we get less and less televised racing on the networks. Where was the HD coverage of the Sunshine Millions this year? And the Breeder's Cup off the Networks and now on on ESPN for a smaller audience. Yet people complain about the coverage the sport does receive. Personally I'm praying Magna can keep their head above water so we can continue to get HRTV.

No doubt Ken Rudolph is not Jim McKay but I'm sure he appeals to those that are not very familiar with the sport we love. Yes I much rather listen to Jon White but novices have a much easier time getting into the sport listening to a Ken Rudolph type who is more about entertaining the casual race fan.

i seriously doubt that anyone other than hardcore fans even knows that hrtv exists, or could pick ken rudolph out of a lineup.

It's hard for casual sports fans to be a true fan of horse racing. If it weren't for the gambling aspect, would a lot of us still follow all these stories? I've come to accept this will always be a small niche sport.

Betfair allows customers to bet against a selected outcome by essentially becoming the bookmaker. In other words, if I think Horse A is going to lose in the 8th race at Fair Grounds, I can bet against that horse by accepting someone's bet ON Horse A at whatever odds the market is offering. If the odds on Horse A are 4-1, and he wins, then I have to pay out $4 for every $1 I "boooked" on Horse A.

But this is currently only available to customers outside the U.S., as it is illegal here.

Matt C. is a good handicapper, but the rest of TVG could not pick a winner in a 1 horse race.

I think Simon Bray is very good too.

They have zero tracks running this afternoon.....

There probably happy about that, they can start their Los Al coverage 9 1/2 hours early. Add that to the non stop 4 hours of continuous coverage that they give to the actual card and it adds up to be a big day for Dave Weaver and Les Onaka!

I was watching Aussie racing the other day on TVG (shown between Los Al races) and found those two guys to be pretty good hosts.

The problem is that they stay with Los Al so long. It seems like as soon as the horses are on the track for the post parade they stay at Los Al. They don't cut to any other live races or anything they might have missed.

Hey Ken Rudoph picked Giacomo. He also has made a career of doing cameo walk-ons in a number of "B" movies. Usually as a police officer.:o

Ken Rudoph still likes to let people know that he picked Giacomo...get over it already

Aussies cancelled today too. Too hot down under.

no joke... and by virtue of that one f'n "blind hog finding an acorn" selection, he thinks he's family to the Mosses and Mike Smith.

just think if he had court vision once....:rolleyes:

.......mr b and the sarge blow out matty c........is it me or does his voice make you want to jab an ice pick in your ear:confused:

I can tolerate him on Blinkers Off...

I cant listen to any of them too long. Shrup is real bad and Ken gets real old with his start of every race when he says " Good luck and ENJOY ".