Commemtators should be neutral

chicken n chips wrote: mediocrity appears to be the accepted thing in SA racing circles. Oh well if thats what tickles you then thats fine.

pirates wrote: I totally agree with urbanite and huch ..They employed to call a race not tell the world after the race why every winner was a certainty and best bet of the decade ..Nobody is having a go at them personally just do the job professionally like before tellytrack was around ....the likes of jehan malherbe ernie and peter duffield and graeme hawkins were completely neutral ...wHEN punters have done their money or an owner or trainer has seen their horse getting beaten the last thing they want to hear is how this horse was the best bet of the fcuking decade ...jehan malherbe what he has forgotten about all aspects of racing the rest combined will never learn but he calls the race and then summarises it in slow motion..DO U ever hear him sai i picked that horse for mdk or i made that a bok ...

Craig Pienaar wrote:

chicken n chips wrote: mediocrity appears to be the accepted thing in SA racing circles. Oh well if thats what tickles you then thats fine.

When u said mediocrity , straight away i thought u where referring to Ryan Moore :whistle:

Dave Scott wrote: Another classic from Ngong

Bob Brogan wrote: Although it can seem "iritating" remember he has a racecourse crowd to entertain also.

Press wrote: Sheldon is top class. He brings excitement to a call. Its even more exciting when you back the same horse that he did, you get "special" attention and focus on that horse. Watching AnS, at the 400m mark I yelled "All dressed up and nowhere to go"... Sheldon called it too.

If I did have to crit commentary, it would be the new cape town caller. At the 300m to the finish line, his voice just does not work. I often thought he was going to burst into tears at the 100m mark.

Similar to Idols SA, we should have a commentary wooden mike.

Garland Greene wrote:

pirates wrote: I totally agree with urbanite and huch ..They employed to call a race not tell the world after the race why every winner was a certainty and best bet of the decade ..Nobody is having a go at them personally just do the job professionally like before tellytrack was around ....the likes of jehan malherbe ernie and peter duffield and graeme hawkins were completely neutral ...wHEN punters have done their money or an owner or trainer has seen their horse getting beaten the last thing they want to hear is how this horse was the best bet of the fcuking decade ...jehan malherbe what he has forgotten about all aspects of racing the rest combined will never learn but he calls the race and then summarises it in slow motion..DO U ever hear him sai i picked that horse for mdk or i made that a bok ...

Tellytrack presenters often pass those same comments after a race. Is that fine??

Dave Scott wrote: Peter O'Sullevan g.co/kgs/SXyjGv


This man was probably regarded as the best