I Thought I Died & Went To Viewers' Heaven

Call me slow but I have only recently discovered the streaming of UK racing on the Saftote site.

What a joy! Goodbye to the Andrews' sisters ( Julie, Vicky & Nadine ) with their ghastly nasal utterings and inane comments. Goodbye to Cecil who insists on waffling through the first half of most UK races. Goodbye to quarter screens and visuals overwhelmed by dividends and 'tips'. No more cringing whilst Mr Cohen butchers his vowels.

Today - whilst many of you were probably being cleaned out by the mule racing at the Vaal - it was a pleasure to follow the racing at Southwell & Huntingdon. We got to see the canter down, comments and the WHOLE RACE without a single centimeter of the screen obscured by 'information'. I had forgotten how pleasant it can be. And best of all - there was no cutaway in the last quarter of the race to watch horses circling at the start at the Vaal or being 'bundled' ( that's a polite term! ) into the stalls in South Africa. I kid you not - I am convinced (based on past experience) that Tellytrack would cut away from the Epsom Derby to show a groom taking a dump behind the stalls if they could. Lol.

I have said it once and I'll repeat it here - They bet to better percentages in the UK. The market is a LOT more accurate. And they are not remotely interested in promoting 'lottery style' bets as is becoming the norm here.

I am quite comfortable with SA racing getting priority on Tellytrack. But streaming would appear to solve the problem of the 'second channel' which we have long been asking for.

Who knows - given Multichoice's disdain for Channel 239 streaming may well represent the future of simulcasting.

Garrick, nice one... you have just blown it .... does not take many connections to kill that feed....

once you've had that you can never go back...

Garrick Wrote:

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> Call me slow but I have only recently discovered
> the streaming of UK racing on the Saftote site.
>
> What a joy! Goodbye to the Andrews' sisters (
> Julie, Vicky & Nadine ) with their ghastly nasal
> utterings and inane comments. Goodbye to Cecil who
> insists on waffling through the first half of most
> UK races. Goodbye to quarter screens and visuals
> overwhelmed by dividends and 'tips'. No more
> cringing whilst Mr Cohen butchers his vowels.
>
> Today - whilst many of you were probably being
> cleaned out by the mule racing at the Vaal - it
> was a pleasure to follow the racing at Southwell &
> Huntingdon. We got to see the canter down,
> comments and the WHOLE RACE without a single
> centimeter of the screen obscured by
> 'information'. I had forgotten how pleasant it can
> be. And best of all - there was no cutaway in the
> last quarter of the race to watch horses circling
> at the start at the Vaal or being 'bundled' (
> that's a polite term! ) into the stalls in South
> Africa. I kid you not - I am convinced (based on
> past experience) that Tellytrack would cut away
> from the Epsom Derby to show a groom taking a
> dump behind the stalls if they could. Lol.
>
> I have said it once and I'll repeat it here - They
> bet to better percentages in the UK. The market is
> a LOT more accurate. And they are not remotely
> interested in promoting 'lottery style' bets as is
> becoming the norm here.
>
> I am quite comfortable with SA racing getting
> priority on Tellytrack. But streaming would appear
> to solve the problem of the 'second channel' which
> we have long been asking for.
>
> Who knows - given Multichoice's disdain for
> Channel 239 streaming may well represent the
> future of simulcasting.


POST OF THE YEAR

And UK Racing have cut their stakes by 33% , whilst we have had small increases annually, last 3 years.....?

I learnt something new in this thread. Tellytrack being run by a bunch of fuck leads to annual increases in stakes. Amazing.

louisg Wrote:

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> And UK Racing have cut their stakes by 33% ,
> whilst we have had small increases annually, last
> 3 years.....?


lg you do realise that in jan 2008 maiden plates in gauteng were 70k and 6 years later they are at 85k?

and what were UK stakes then and now?

As goverment would say this is not the UK LoL

Pity the SAhorseracing part no longer works....

louisg Wrote:

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> And UK Racing have cut their stakes by 33% ,
> whilst we have had small increases annually, last
> 3 years.....?

And Louis,they have stopped serving Grey Goose in the Owners and Trainers bar at Lingfield.

louisg Wrote:

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> And UK Racing have cut their stakes by 33% ,
> whilst we have had small increases annually, last
> 3 years.....?

louis you no can compare the cactus to the orchid no? both are plants but very diferent, no? for me the operator continue pay strong dividend to the share holder while he neglect the owner. simple as that. for any one to say we must be gratefull be cause the uk is bankrupt is the idiocy. the profits are there. they are not be channel correct, louisg this affect your back pocket in the big way to. one question - what do you charge for the month in 2002 and what you charge today? is the miracle the owners stay in these game. in 1973 i have the first maiden winner with uncle roy howe. the winning cheque pay for 14 months stable fees. what do a winning cheque pay today? 5 month if you lucky?