Lo Duca

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Save Nick, Travis,David and Beer who does? If I am running NYRA TV(thank goodness I am not) I dont even consider that as part of equation. It's TV and while it needs to be informative it needs to be entertaining as well. If you havent been entertained and educated watching Frank and Andy you have missed some great topically and fun TV. If FMO was running things I would hire Frank and Travis to split calling races and Talking horses year round, and have special guest appearances from Beer , Nick and David on weekends etc. Nothing against Larry but Frank and Travis are duel threats and extremely versatile.

You beat me to it...but to add further to the discussion.

TVG guys are given a list of races and tracks that will be covered over a set period of time, often with the goal to provide insight into all of them, sometimes there are 30-40 races in the time period.

It takes a substantial amount of time to keep up with one track and just to have knowledge to comment about the entire country, or even worlds racing is not easy, but there is no way that any of those guys could do enough work to provide the level of detail Andy does on the NYRA circuit. Its comparing apples and oranges.

[KidCruz]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

You beat me to it...but to add further to the discussion.

TVG guys are given a list of races and tracks that will be covered over a set period of time, often with the goal to provide insight into all of them, sometimes there are 30-40 races in the time period.

It takes a substantial amount of time to keep up with one track and just to have knowledge to comment about the entire country, or even worlds racing is not easy, but there is no way that any of those guys could do enough work to provide the level of detail Andy does on the NYRA circuit. Its comparing apples and oranges.

If you think Lo Duca and Schrupp are putting in more than 20 seconds of prep on the races they throw to from their set at Santa Anita (e.g. Gulfstream), you should be their agent.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by KidCruz

If you think Lo Duca and Schrupp are putting in more than 20 seconds of prep on the races they throw to from their set at Santa Anita (e.g. Gulfstream), you should be their agent.

Schrupp should not be offering ideas, I find it disingenuous by the network. If I did a morsel of work and typically I dont I would be more qualified, that is saying a lot because I suck. Lo Duca loves game bets and it seems he does follow the Ca circuit as he would say a (tiny) bit. I find him an OK listen