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Old 03-08-2007, 01:14 PM
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Default Worst TV racing commentator/analyst ever!

We have a worst Jockey thread,so as I was watching HRTV today,I thought I would start one for the analyst's.Mine is Joanne Jones.This woman annoys me like no other.If there is an analyst who handicaps after the fact and has the guts to CLAIM it was her pick,it is her.I think she is only hired in hopes of attracting viewers because she looks halfway decent.
While she was at TVG,And I have this on tape,She was asked by Greg Wolf about Funny cide and if she liked him for the derby.This woman claimed up and down that she was through with Funny Cide,that there was no way he would win the derby.After he won,and I also have this one on tape,she was out there tooting her horn that Funny Cide was her choice for the derby and Preakness.I bombarded TVG with emails about this ,and how I thought this woman was a complete fraud and informed them of the past shows and the statements she had made about Funny Cide with dates and times of the shows.I never heard anything back about it from TVG,but needless to say,she soon left TVG for where she is now.I can't stand her!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 03-08-2007, 01:42 PM
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I do not know this man's name! Last year during Derby week, he was a commentator for ESPN. I think he is a regular with them, but I do not think it is with horses. His voice grates on me; it was so bad during that week that I kept skipping his sections. He is nice-looking, in his late thirties or early forties. I am probably the only person in the 50 states annoyed by him.
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Old 03-08-2007, 01:45 PM
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I do not know this man's name! Last year during Derby week, he was a commentator for ESPN. He is nice-looking, in his late thirties or early forties.
Rules out Hank Goldberg
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Old 03-08-2007, 01:46 PM
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Almost all of them are bad with a few exceptions.
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Old 03-08-2007, 01:55 PM
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Almost all of them are bad with a few exceptions.
An Anti-Media comment from a Conservative??........ What a shock.
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Old 03-08-2007, 02:08 PM
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An Anti-Media comment from a Conservative??........ What a shock.
Even a liberal wouldn't be satisfied with the current level of quality of racings TV commentators
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Old 03-08-2007, 02:15 PM
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hank goldberg. he is a bad analyst, but the worst part about him is he is always completely unprepared when they ask him a question.
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Old 03-08-2007, 02:20 PM
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I'd say that Clown, Ken Rudolph, is the worst. I still can't believe he asked the owners of Thor's Echo how much they got for him.
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Old 03-08-2007, 02:34 PM
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This never gets old...

http://www.equidaily.com/bestbet/extras/misc/aleo.mp3
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Old 03-08-2007, 02:44 PM
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A few come to mind. Jan Rushton is awful.
yah but deep down you really like her hats don't cha...
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Old 03-08-2007, 02:51 PM
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I do not know this man's name! Last year during Derby week, he was a commentator for ESPN. I think he is a regular with them, but I do not think it is with horses. His voice grates on me; it was so bad during that week that I kept skipping his sections. He is nice-looking, in his late thirties or early forties. I am probably the only person in the 50 states annoyed by him.
Reece Davis?? or Kenny Mayne??
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I for one appreciate her outfits.
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Old 03-08-2007, 02:59 PM
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Old 03-08-2007, 04:43 PM
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maybe chris fowler? he bumped kenny mane from behind the desk during the BC broadcast.
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Old 03-08-2007, 05:05 PM
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No offense to him, but Hank Goldberg really bothers me.
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Old 03-08-2007, 05:58 PM
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No offense to him, but Hank Goldberg really bothers me.

maybe because he is a slob?
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Old 03-08-2007, 06:15 PM
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hank always seems to be choking down a huge bite of twinkie without a drink to aid him when they cut to him. i keep thinking he's going to do a liz taylor w/ chicken bone impression or something. he just seems so uncomfortable.

i can't handle tom hammonds. he's always freaked me out a bit. maybe it's all the makeup. i think he cakes on more in a day then i've worn my entire life!

i always enjoyed jim mckay. now that guy did his job and did it well.
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Old 03-08-2007, 06:31 PM
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Nationally? Hammerin' Hank without a doubt...

Kevin Gorg, the Canterburry track analyst handicapper guy kinda sucks too... I mean he's well spoken, has a good camera presence, but his picks are lousy... But then again, so are the Beulah chicks lol.
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Old 03-08-2007, 06:55 PM
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What ever happen to Chris Lincoln?
Some of my buddy's from the "valley" really got on his case one year at Saratoga during an ESPN broadcast...
maybe you remember that incident (estreet)
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