BBC horse racing gg'd

[Chompy]

Yuh, Clare to CH4 and McCririck to finally be dumped is odds-on imo.

Be good to lose Carson, Cochrane, Statto, Parrott and Wiltshire tbh, even if it's only been for a few days a year.

Agree with all those except the Cockroach.

I think he's pretty good.

Great jockey when the money was down. Can't think of anyone stronger in my lifetime. Very shrewd when it came to utilising a good draw too.

Not seen a huge amount of him as a pundit tbf but no Hoiles from what I've seen. Racing is defo the worst analysed sport on TV.

[Ironside]

oh emma ramsden as i knew her back in the day

[Karabiner]

Will be interesting to see what happens to Clare Balding now - she's said she's 'not rushing into any decisions about her future'.

Will be difficult for her to stay at BBC after Olympics as the amount of sport they show declines, plus the fact she won't get a look in as main presenter at the one they do have (Wimbledon).

On the plus side, if she does go to Channel 4 then it may well be gg McCririck as she hates him with a passion.

I wouldn't be too sure about Wimbledon Andrew as she already does the BBC radio commentary for it.

I'd be surprised if Andrew Castle's feeling totally secure about his job as anchorman.

Personally I can't stand either of them I'd have Willie Carson doing Wimbledon in a heartbeat.

[The Camel]

Yuh, Clare to CH4 and McCririck to finally be dumped is odds-on imo.

Be good to lose Carson, Cochrane, Statto, Parrott and Wiltshire tbh, even if it's only been for a few days a year.

Agree with all those except the Cockroach.

I think he's pretty good.

The ride he gave Midway Lady in the Oaks was one of the best in a classic in my lifetime.

Great jockey when the money was down. Can't think of anyone stronger in my lifetime. Very shrewd when it came to utilising a good draw too.

Not seen a huge amount of him as a pundit tbf but no Hoiles from what I've seen. Racing is defo the worst analysed sport on TV.

[AndrewT]

Will be interesting to see what happens to Clare Balding now - she's said she's 'not rushing into any decisions about her future'.

Will be difficult for her to stay at BBC after Olympics as the amount of sport they show declines, plus the fact she won't get a look in as main presenter at the one they do have (Wimbledon).

On the plus side, if she does go to Channel 4 then it may well be gg McCririck as she hates him with a passion.

I wouldn't be too sure about Wimbledon Andrew as she already does the BBC radio commentary for it.

I'd be surprised if Andrew Castle's feeling totally secure about his job as anchorman.

Personally I can't stand either of them I'd have Willie Carson doing Wimbledon in a heartbeat.

The thing with Wimbledon though is it is Sue Barker's thing - giving that to Clare would mean getting rid of Sue, which is something the BBC will be loth to do given the strife they've recently got into for shipping older women out to pasture.

[Biddy 62]

Derek Thomson doing the fashion, oh dear.

[bobby1]

Willie doesn't get enough love!

[TightEnd]

Willie doesn't get enough love!

Too easy.

Balding is doing the Paralympics for who have the coverage, later this year. I would think she'd end up doing C4Racing. Never really felt right watching her present Castleford v Wakefield in the Rugby League Challenge Cup, really......

[AndrewT]

Willie doesn't get enough love!

Too easy.

Balding is doing the Paralympics for who have the coverage, later this year. I would think she'd end up doing C4Racing. Never really felt right watching her present Castleford v Wakefield in the Rugby League Challenge Cup, really......

Even worse - posho Clare at Frimley Green for the darts (though she is very good at whatever she presents)

[AndrewT]

So, the axe has been wielded and McCririck's a goner. Predictably, he's bowed out with good grace and decor..oh wait.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/25/john-mccririck-channel4-ageism-axed

Also gone - Alastair Down, Mike Cattermole, and Thommo (Francome and Lesley Graham we already knew about)

Staying - Emma Spencer, Simon Holt, Richard Hoiles, Jim McGrath, Tanya

Coming in - Nick Luck, Graham Cunningham, Rishi Persad, Mick Fitzgerald and the cute-as-a-button Gina Bryce.

A pretty good cutting of deadweight but it would have been impossible for them to really screw this up, as they could pick and choose the best from the BBC and the two racing channels. Rishi I could do without - too much of a transparent blando like Jake Humphries (who has now turned up presenting the One Show - his natural home)

[horseplayer]

So, the axe has been wielded and McCririck's a goner. Predictably, he's bowed out with good grace and decor..oh wait.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/25/john-mccririck-channel4-ageism-axed

Also gone - Alastair Down, Mike Cattermole, and Thommo (Francome and Lesley Graham we already knew about)

Staying - Emma Spencer, Simon Holt, Richard Hoiles, Jim McGrath, Tanya

Coming in - Nick Luck, Graham Cunningham, Rishi Persad, Mick Fitzgerald and the cute-as-a-button Gina Bryce.

A pretty good cutting of deadweight but it would have been impossible for them to really screw this up, as they could pick and choose the best from the BBC and the two racing channels. Rishi I could do without - too much of a transparent blando like Jake Humphries (who has now turned up presenting the One Show - his natural home)

luck= good presenter but a massive defender of the worst parts of racing

cunningham= dont think he is a good judge tbh but at least he has an opinion would imagine channel 4 would like him to reign in his sometimes almost bullying on screen

persad= just hideous

fitzgerald= "nice hoarrrrrrrrrrrrrse" "the favourite looks well" " chemical nickys told me this one is working well" there you go saves you watching him

bryce = nice enough girl good to look at has no opinion though and is very much another fence sitter in the industry

[AceHighSuited]

Why let Francome go and bring its Micky Fitz? 

I don't get that, I hate the man.  Both as an analyst and as a jockey.  He cost me my biggest winning day.  He offers nothing insightful on ATR and as a general rule of thumb laying his selections is profitable.

Rishi is terrible, he serves no purpose. 

Luck - I like for the most part.

[Horneris]

Gutted to be losing McCririck and Thommo, grew up with them always on the racing.

My Dad has a video somewhere of when I was like 4 years old at York races and McCririck asked me live on air what I fancied in the next race. I think I said I don't know, ask my Dad and he laughed and did exactly that.

And Thommo is a legend, I don't like it when he gets bad press. A couple of years ago my Dad won tickets to go watch morning line live (before they had a live audience every week) and a day at the races in hospitality.

Anyway most of them pretty much ignored us which was fine but Thommo spoke to us for like 10 minutes before and 20 minutes afterwards telling us stories and he was really funny on the advert breaks too. Top bloke.

Tanya Stephenson was nice too actually, she tipped us Regal Parade which later won at like 16s.

At least most of the new additions are decent, with the exception of Rishi, who I think we all agree is truly awful.

[redarmi]

Rishi is an absolute joke.....would have tuned in for Lydia Hislop and surprised/disappointed they didn't go for her

[horseplayer]

Rishi is an absolute joke.....would have tuned in for Lydia Hislop and surprised/disappointed they didn't go for her

got to much of an opinion and ap wont talk to her