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Is it an age thing, Colin? We agree on so much!

Another thing that disappointed me was some of the angle coverage you mention. As far as I know it's a recent thing although it might have happened last year - the angle as they turned for home. Too often they used the shot from high inside the track, only switching when nearly all the horses had completed the turn. The traditional TV from-the-stands angle is iconic here. You know you're at Ascot when you see that angle with the horses and jockeys leaning in to counter the centrifugal force of taking the bend. (Thankfully they restored the iconic head-on of Becher's in the National.) I miss the bell, though!

The immediate post-race interviews are something I like even if the interviewers are awful at them. Catching the jockeys while they're still in a euphoric state often gets them to say more than once they've calmed down. It's a failing of RUK who wait.

Rishi Persad must be sleeping with someone of influence. That can be the only explanation why he gets any job. He's probably the product of such a relationship. Harvey is a buffoon. We'd be better with Harvey the Rabbit.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2421434" data-attributes="member: 65242">Is it an age thing, Colin? We agree on so much! Another thing that disappointed me was some of the angle coverage you mention. As far as I know it&#039;s a recent thing although it might have happened last year - the angle as they turned for home. Too often they used the shot from high inside the track, only switching when nearly all the horses had completed the turn. The traditional TV from-the-stands angle is iconic here. You know you&#039;re at Ascot when you see that angle with the horses and jockeys leaning in to counter the centrifugal force of taking the bend. (Thankfully they restored the iconic head-on of Becher&#039;s in the National.) I miss the bell, though!The immediate post-race interviews are something I like even if the interviewers are awful at them. Catching the jockeys while they&#039;re still in a euphoric state often gets them to say more than once they&#039;ve calmed down. It&#039;s a failing of RUK who wait. Rishi Persad must be sleeping with someone of influence. That can be the only explanation why he gets any job. He&#039;s probably the product of such a relationship. Harvey is a buffoon. We&#039;d be better with Harvey the Rabbit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2421434, member: 65242"] Is it an age thing, Colin? We agree on so much! Another thing that disappointed me was some of the angle coverage you mention. As far as I know it's a recent thing although it might have happened last year - the angle as they turned for home. Too often they used the shot from high inside the track, only switching when nearly all the horses had completed the turn. The traditional TV from-the-stands angle is iconic here. You know you're at Ascot when you see that angle with the horses and jockeys leaning in to counter the centrifugal force of taking the bend. (Thankfully they restored the iconic head-on of Becher's in the National.) I miss the bell, though! The immediate post-race interviews are something I like even if the interviewers are awful at them. Catching the jockeys while they're still in a euphoric state often gets them to say more than once they've calmed down. It's a failing of RUK who wait. Rishi Persad must be sleeping with someone of influence. That can be the only explanation why he gets any job. He's probably the product of such a relationship. Harvey is a buffoon. We'd be better with Harvey the Rabbit. [/QUOTE]

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