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Originally Posted by saratogadew
Wow. I cant believe this thread. Any televised Horse racing is a great thing. NBC and NBCSN are putting forth a great product an I applaud them for their great coverage throughout the year! I just had to say my peace. And now.............back to "The Twilight Zone Thread"
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I agree, the fact that they're televising as much as they have all year is a miracle compared to past years and I won't get too bent out of shape just yet, as much as I'd like to see the Juvie Fillies live. If it becomes a trend, then I'll be dismayed. It was so sad and frustrating watching the number of racing Saturdays diminishing. Between NBC Sports and Fox Sports, we got so many races that had been banished from widely viewed cable or network tv.
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Originally Posted by Kasept
Maybe they should saddle every horse for Saturday's races at the same time and run the races one after the other. Ideally they could fit all of Saturday into a 60 minute time slot that way..
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C'mon Steve, no need to take up an hour of everybody's time. You wouldn't even need to wait til one race finished to start the others. Do the longest race first so they'll get clear of where the others would finish, wait til they get far enough into the race, load up the next field, set em off. You'd have to do the Classic and BC Turf first, but remember, time's of the essence so you gotta do it. The bulk of the coverage would be the post parade, but I think if you just have all the horses walk next to each other instead of front to back, we could trim a little time off there too. You wouldn't even need a bathroom break. One big group trophy presentation and one big winner's circle photo with a wide lens. How do you get all the jockeys on the scale at the end? Two words: totem pole. You're welcome.