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    BBC Coverage

    I'm not usually one to whinge too much about tv coverage, because any is generally good for the sport, but the BBC's today so far has been nothing short of embarrassing. I think its gonna hit a peak when this feature about Andy Stewarts son comes on...

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    Funny that the Gold Cup is the pinnacle of the sport and yet winning the National always seems to be the highlight of a rider`s career. I suppose it depends upon what channel one is speaking to.

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    Mick Fitzgarald is pis ing me off interrupting during the commentary.
    He is everywhere looks like a job for life.

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    Mick Fitz has gone beyond saturation point....ATR, Channel 4, BBC an interview every second day in the RP....need a break....

    As for their betting experts....
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    I've given up and switched to RUK.
    Winners have no shame, no matter how they win - Niccolò Machiavelli

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    Question of Sport was John Parrot's level
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    What a horrendous piece of commentry from Jim McGrath....all over the place.

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    literally awful
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    I just pray the cameramen don't do today what they did yesterday at the start of the Topham, and follow the leaders as if it's some kind of flat race! - they even missed out the Chair ffs.

    The coverage isn't aimed at diehard racing fans like ourselves, we have to accept that. Hence all the human stories... But that's no excuse for not showing them all jumping the fences!

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    Race of the day and we dont even see the horses in the parade ring etc just two seconds before hand.

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    Did you know Mick Fitzgerald considered sex to be an anti-climax compared to winning the National?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Euronymous View Post
    Funny that the Gold Cup is the pinnacle of the sport and yet winning the National always seems to be the highlight of a rider`s career. I suppose it depends upon what channel one is speaking to.

    No, it depends on the jockey. They all want to win this one, and if they do it's the highlifght of their career. The fences are rarely used, unlike the Gold Cup fences, and they are more fearsome. It's much more of a test of a riders courage and skill - in THEIR opinion. Anyway for some of us the GN is and always will be the pinnacle of the sport, handicap of no!

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    Interview with Jim McGrath here, some amazing quotes, "don't plan anything cos you'll just get muddled up", don't think it matters really Jim, you only see what you want to see anyway, wonder if Authorised will be cruising in the National?

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    On Gold Cup day winning the Gold Cup is the highlight of their career. On National day winning the National is the highlight of their career. C'est la vie.
    Winners have no shame, no matter how they win - Niccolò Machiavelli

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    Gary Wiltshire has been saying ad nauseum that Butlers Cabin will definitely start fav, changed to My Will now...

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    They choose these people for their ability to keep spouting to camera, regardless of the quality fo what they are saying

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    BBC's measure of doing a job well is via their maudlin, we're all amateurs at heart line ...
    At least the camera hasn't got a mouth, too!
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    I think its gonna hit a peak when this feature about Andy Stewarts son comes on...
    Can't believe that got higher billing, as it were, than the piece on Graham Lee. Who, you know, actually has something directly to do with the race...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jairducochetfan View Post
    don't think it matters really Jim, you only see what you want to see anyway,
    He didn't tip Al Eile in today's Telegraph did he by any chance? as he spent about a quarter of the race commenting on where he was, what a lovely position he had, and inviting any former jockey who happened to be anywhere near a microphone to comment on the horse, which sounded desparately like 'please tell me I'm travelling well'
    Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly. _ Harry Limes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warbler View Post
    He didn't tip Al Eile in today's Telegraph did he by any chance? as he spent about a quarter of the race commenting on where he was, what a lovely position he had, and inviting any former jockey who happened to be anywhere near a microphone to comment on the horse, which sounded desparately like 'please tell me I'm travelling well'
    Ha - even my Mum picked up on that

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