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Old 10-27-2014, 04:55 PM
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That is a big problem. The damn thing takes so long to run between races, Joe Public, does not have the attention span, or the inclination to watch a program that long. Just like yesterday's Nascar race. It took forever for it to be run, and I kept on flipping between that and the football games and the odd horse race. It is just too time consuming for what 15-20 minutes of real action.
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Old 10-27-2014, 05:12 PM
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That is a big problem. The damn thing takes so long to run between races, Joe Public, does not have the attention span, or the inclination to watch a program that long. Just like yesterday's Nascar race. It took forever for it to be run, and I kept on flipping between that and the football games and the odd horse race. It is just too time consuming for what 15-20 minutes of real action.
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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Old 10-27-2014, 05:17 PM
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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..
tape delay?
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Old 10-27-2014, 07:36 PM
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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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Old 10-27-2014, 08:39 PM
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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"
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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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..
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.
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Old 10-27-2014, 11:50 PM
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Didn,t a track run two races at once. One on the Turf and the other on the main track.
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Didn,t a track run two races at once. One on the Turf and the other on the main track.
I believe we did that here at Canterbury also..............
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Old 10-28-2014, 07:55 PM
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lol . the boss made a funny
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lol...im sitting here literally laughing outloud
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/sp...deal.html?_r=1

It's too bad the major networks will be curtailing horse racing coverage, because otherwise, this NBC deal might have been extended to 2035 instead of just 2025..
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It's too bad the major networks will be curtailing horse racing coverage, because otherwise, this NBC deal might have been extended to 2035 instead of just 2025..
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Old 10-30-2014, 10:45 AM
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It's too bad the major networks will be curtailing horse racing coverage, because otherwise, this NBC deal might have been extended to 2035 instead of just 2025..
We can revisit this, hope there are no outs tied to ratings in the contract.
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Old 10-30-2014, 11:53 AM
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How about un two races at once like Canterbury...Clever right lol
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Old 10-31-2014, 03:26 PM
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Speaking of tv coverage. Looks like hrtv is the only one who is showing the early races and who do they put on? Mr B. My gawd
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Old 10-31-2014, 03:47 PM
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Speaking of tv coverage. Looks like hrtv is the only one who is showing the early races and who do they put on? Mr B. My gawd
yea, nice isnt it.

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I find it funny that the regular NBC network has opted to air rugby for 3 hours.
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I find it funny that the regular NBC network has opted to air rugby for 3 hours.
Saturday afternoon and a "major" network is showing rugby......Id ather watch re-runs of "Murder She Wrote"
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