"Early Doors" ???

[Blue 1,095]

Who the F..... regurgitated this old phrase? Is it to become the new (old) buzz-word?I hear Greg O'Connor and George Simon using it regularly. If they mean" earlier" or 'leading into' why don't they say that? In fact it was also a term once used to describe premature ejaculation. We don't need this crap 'going forward.'

[Sickopunter 403]

2 hours ago, Blue said:

Who the F..... regurgitated this old phrase? Is it to become the new (old) buzz-word?I hear Greg O'Connor and George Simon using it regularly. If they mean" earlier" or 'leading into' why don't they say that? In fact it was also a term once used to describe premature ejaculation. We don't need this crap 'going forward.'

Money right on the lolly there mate. 

[MrBigStuff 393]

After every interview - “There he is” - Greg O’Connor

[pete 492]

And then there are those who think they are SO clever by referring to the second to last race as the penultimate.

And of course we have DAs much used 'alluded to'.

Plain English boys and girls plain English.

 

 

[Peter Harrop 226]

This thread made me laugh. Must be a slow news night. Lol.

[Scotch Thistle 133]

I just hope the talking heads on Trackside are paid according to the (lack of) quality of their performances.

A couple of items amused me last weekend.  Rodley, interviewing Bruce Harvey after Londaro won the first at Hastings, a $10K maiden, suggested that Harvey must be pleased that his horse had won a good race on a big day of racing.  Next day at Te Rapa Prattlewell announced before the opening event that the horses were about to be legged up by their jockeys.

[Leggy 4,066]

30 minutes ago, poundforpound said:

Just for clarity my comments weren't directed at Trackside staff, I was commenting on the use of that irritating phrase amongst the wider community.

I take it you mean that at the current moment?

[Nerula 1,396]

And "at the back end" of this

[LOANCRUSHER 39]

"He puts in a grubber kick along the ground with his left hand foot" was heard last weekend

[La Zip 468]

Apart from Mark MacNamara, they're all very ordinary...sycophants most of them....

[ivanthegreat 1,123]

" For mine " its got to be the " Penultimate "

[Jape 344]

8 hours ago, ivanthegreat said:

" For mine " its got to be the " Penultimate "

Why?

[Gruff 2,790]

Matching Motors.... ...why even mention the fact it's the 'penultimate' race? The race before the penultimate is feeling left out of the conversation

[Tauhei Notts 1,403]

Actually the race before the penultimate race is the antepenultimate race.

On a ten race card race eight is one hell of a lot easier to say than antepenultimate.  And a lot less pretentious.

[Overcheck 190]

I must admit I do not mind the more "flowery" statements and words most of the time, but what does annoy me is when they are not used correctly. eg "Early Doors" is being used after a race starts which is incorrect. The origin of the saying was when people queued up for a show or event BEFORE the doors were open. Therefore to comment on a horse's chances or behaviour before the start would be the correct use of early doors.

[Ponderosa8 1,351]

What used to bug me was Reon Murtha saying  "at the distance post" .... usually somewhere along the home straight but definitely no where close to the winning post. Anyone have any idea what he meant.?

[Chris Wood 1,576]

200m mark I think??

 

[chevy86 2,697]

"Over the ditch"--lazy, cliched journalism.

"Sleeping with"--shagging, humping, rooting etc Definitely NOT sleeping.(Yes, is racing related as racing folk some of the worst in the illicit sex domain)