Trackside AGAIN

[Pete Lane]

Enquiry proceeding in the last at New Plymouth and none of these clowns saw fit to mention it.

 

[Lord Wilf]

Well they e got to rush off to their next Aussie race..at Gilgandra or Narrandera

[Pete Lane]

Honestly Sweeney and Hunt waffled on in their wrap of the day and no mention.

Winner won by a hair on its nostril and clearly contacted the second horse.

Yes I backed the second horse.

[Pete Lane]

Placings changed. Bet it never gets mentioned.

[sunlineboy]

This guy talks about the Warriors/Penrith at any given opportunity.... turn it off.

[JJ Flash]

1 hour ago, sunlineboy said:

This guy talks about the Warriors/Penrith at any given opportunity.... turn it off.

Losers both the team and him. Birds of a feather

[Arkham]

Sweeney talking up Magic Carpet pre-race at Taupo today by some new sire called Santonio Alladin.    Seemingly oblivious to the fact the horse was scratched.  

[JJ Flash]

12 hours ago, Arkham said:

Sweeney talking up Magic Carpet pre-race at Taupo today by some new sire called Santonio Alladin.    Seemingly oblivious to the fact the horse was scratched.  

Classic Sweeney. 

[nomates]

It was pre-recorded the day before .

[Shad]

Anyone have issues with trackside radio, stream constantly cut out for me, bit of a pain when your working and wanting to listen races,

[Pete Lane]

Poor old George Simon trying to negotiate French names. 

Elle Sourit is not pronounced Elle Saw It.

It actually means She Smiles in French.

[Muzzaman]

13 minutes ago, Pete Lane said:

Poor old George Simon trying to negotiate French names. 

Elle Sourit is not pronounced Elle Saw It.

It actually means She Smiles in French.

I think George has been struggling all day. Happens to us all. 

[Lord Wilf]

26 minutes ago, Pete Lane said:

Poor old George Simon trying to negotiate French names. 

Elle Sourit is not pronounced Elle Saw It.

It actually means She Smiles in French.

I long remember Alexander Fieldes efforts to pronounce Titian. It came out as Titty Ann. It happens.

[We're Doomed]

On 8/23/2025 at 3:18 PM, Pete Lane said:

Poor old George Simon trying to negotiate French names. 

Elle Sourit is not pronounced Elle Saw It.

It actually means She Smiles in French.

It is pretty hard to expect commentators to know all the correct pronunciations of foreign words. Some owners of course want their horse's names pronounced in an unusual fashion anyhow.

The French usually leave out the T when pronouncing words. So the next time George comes across that horse just leave off the T and call it Elle Souri.

[Pete Lane]

I wasn't actually having a pop at him although I noticed good old Sweens managed to get it right when talking about it.

[JJ Flash]

36 minutes ago, Pete Lane said:

noticed good old Sweens managed to get it right

Whats that saying about a broken clock

[sunlineboy]

I know I'm nitpicking, but since when have we called the T.A.B "tab"?

The Australian lady is using it, and I know they call the Australian version the tab, but usually we would say T...A...B.

Anyway, just thought her bosses would tell her, unless we're calling it tab now.

[scooby3051]

Just like all the other shyte terms they have introduced by themselves.

[nomates]

9 minutes ago, sunlineboy said:

I know I'm nitpicking, but since when have we called the T.A.B "tab"?

The Australian lady is using it, and I know they call the Australian version the tab, but usually we would say T...A...B.

Anyway, just thought her bosses would tell her, unless we're calling it tab now.

Correct it is nitpicking 

[Idolmite]

17 minutes ago, sunlineboy said:

I know I'm nitpicking, but since when have we called the T.A.B "tab"?

The Australian lady is using it, and I know they call the Australian version the tab, but usually we would say T...A...B.

Anyway, just thought her bosses would tell her, unless we're calling it tab now.

I've heard it being referred to as "The Tab" for as long as I can remember. However, I'm not talking about by industry representatives on the TV (otherwise known as "the television"). 

[Lord Wilf]

18 minutes ago, nomates said:

Correct it is nitpicking 

Agree. There are much bigger issues facing the industry....like, when was the carpet in the men's loos at Ashburton given a thorough clean.? 

[Ohokaman]

6 minutes ago, Lord Wilf said:

Agree. There are much bigger issues facing the industry....like, when was the carpet in the men's loos at Ashburton given a thorough clean.? 

Carpet ? On a hiding to nothing there Wilf……

[Maximus]

On 8/23/2025 at 3:18 PM, Pete Lane said:

Poor old George Simon trying to negotiate French names. 

Elle Sourit is not pronounced Elle Saw It.

It actually means She Smiles in French.

Yes, you wonder sometimes wonder how much effort is made to pronounce foreign names/phrases correctly.
Since it's almost Spring, shall we be look on the Brightside and be grateful he didn't pronounce it "Ell So You Are It" or "Ell Sour It" ?
Elle Sourit  (pron: Ell Sue REE) can also mean 'she smiled' (same spelling but past tense, same pronunciation).

[Pam Robson]

12 hours ago, Lord Wilf said:

Agree. There are much bigger issues facing the industry....like, when was the carpet in the men's loos at Ashburton given a thorough clean.? 

You've got carpet?

[Pak Star]

George been reading this thread perhaps - The name's the bane of the race caller: George Simon