Heavyweight hero 14 Report post Posted March 10, 2022 Cambridge trots last night - why is a lower South Island based commentater flying to Cambridge and back when Jason Teaz lives 30 minutes away. Common sense has got to prevail, TAB must have money to burn! Not to mention the carbon hoof-print. JTeaz, Palliser, Thejanitor and 2 others 4 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Lichter 179 Report post Posted March 10, 2022 Justin Evans called remotely from his home in the South Island, a late call-up after Aaron White was on holiday and Bruce Sherwin had to pull pin with Covid in his household. Agree locally based Jason Teaz would have been the best replacement. JTeaz and Keneperu 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterEd 328 Report post Posted March 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, Barry Lichter said: Justin Evans called remotely from his home in the South Island, a late call-up after Aaron White was on holiday and Bruce Sherwin had to pull pin with Covid in his household. Agree locally based Jason Teaz would have been the best replacement. A mate of mine backed Taipo and heard it called over second or third and headed to the tab to collect his money. When he rung me I told him the commentator just f%@ked up the call and his horse Taipo went terrible he was livid. Wasted an hour lol. JTeaz 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,719 Report post Posted March 10, 2022 Unfortunately Jason not an option with TAB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTeaz 119 Report post Posted March 10, 2022 What have you heard Lloyd? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iraklis 2,231 Report post Posted March 10, 2022 Â your asking the TAB to show commonsense, come on its only the TAB..... Â Cheers Iraklis john legend 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelli 432 Report post Posted March 11, 2022 The late call up and doing it remotely mustn't have been easy for Justin and helps explain why he called Reign "Reach" during that race. Not a recording the winning owners would treasure. JTeaz 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,719 Report post Posted March 11, 2022 5 hours ago, JTeaz said: What have you heard Lloyd? Nothing new Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkc 181 Report post Posted March 12, 2022 They have no common sense. Sunday is a prime example. Ellerslie channel 1, Westport channel 2. Absolutely brainless and one would have to ask why? Is the pressure from others for this to be happening? Also Sunday Channel 1 has always been harnesses domain. We are getting shafted by the TAB plain and simple. john legend and JJ Flash 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelli 432 Report post Posted March 12, 2022 I hate the way when there is both harness and gallop meetings coming in from Australia. They have every man and his dog making comments at the gallops but only switch over to harness when the race has begun. No lead in at all.Yes, there might be $10k on the tote for the gallops and $6 for the trots, but could be more even if trots had some lead in, especially when so many exNZers in the field. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 742 Report post Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, dkc said: They have no common sense. Sunday is a prime example. Ellerslie channel 1, Westport channel 2. Absolutely brainless and one would have to ask why? Is the pressure from others for this to be happening? Also Sunday Channel 1 has always been harnesses domain. We are getting shafted by the TAB plain and simple. Seems like a sensible business decision. The Sunday slugs on the grass do a turnover of about a million , while Auckland Cup day would do about 4 x times that plus the extra attention from Aussie punters as its a Group day and also involves horses based in Aussie etc. Without betting turnover NZ racing and stakes suffer. Thejanitor and JJ Flash 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkc 181 Report post Posted March 12, 2022 43 minutes ago, tasman man said: Seems like a sensible business decision. The Sunday slugs on the grass do a turnover of about a million , while Auckland Cup day would do about 4 x times that plus the extra attention from Aussie punters as its a Group day and also involves horses based in Aussie etc. Without betting turnover NZ racing and stakes suffer. Here's an idea put them on the same channel. Don't split your captive audience! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Flash 2,135 Report post Posted March 12, 2022 19 hours ago, dkc said: They have no common sense. Sunday is a prime example. Ellerslie channel 1, Westport channel 2. Absolutely brainless and one would have to ask why? Is the pressure from others for this to be happening? Also Sunday Channel 1 has always been harnesses domain. We are getting shafted by the TAB plain and simple. Cant agree on this occasion a day of Group 1 action from Ellerslie was always going to be the main action both on and off track .The TAB would be pillared if they did anything different and the punting numbers dont lie. Its Auckland Cup day with 2 Grp1's and 1.5 mio in stakes up for grabs. Compare that with Westport stakes and horses ability and I'm full of praise for the TAB's common sense appraisal of the days programming You can watch and bet on Westport so cant see your issue tasman man and Thejanitor 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john legend 743 Report post Posted April 3, 2022 Please people on this post must never be permitted to use The words ...................COMMON SENSE and TAB in the same sentence... It simply is a misuse of the English language. Iraklis 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...