And the one time they mentioned the horse was uninjured, it was said with a very pointed “this time”.
Again, sensationalism, not helpful.
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Gack.
Sensationalism. Not helping.
Oh, I don’t know. Choppy, not very educational, and fake added siren sounds!
Hopefully the series gets better as it goes.[/QUOTE]
Oh I could rip it from any and every angle as I am well affiliated will all involved… easy pickings!
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Kayla Stra might want to head back to Australia.[/QUOTE]
Ha!!! Dick good read into it! and so right! MAybe she can take her room mate with her!
BUT all in all, pitiful on a personal and prefessional level. Maybe you have to know them to mock them, but the “love story” IS mockable. Easily!!!
I wouldn’t say it was great… but I’ll continue to watch it just because it gives me something to do.
Kind of reminds me of an adult version of the saddle club…
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Oh I could rip it from any and every angle as I am well affiliated will all involved… easy pickings![/QUOTE]
Oh, come on! Don’t tease us like that!!! Give up some dirt!!
I did get to watch the premiere (thanks to my understanding bf, who watched with me) and I thought it was ok. Neat, MTV style editing to make it all flashy and exciting. But yes to the fall scenes being overdone.
And didn’t anybody else get bothered by Trevor Denman’s re-mixed race calls? I mean, my bf kept saying ‘wow, that girl is in last place! The announcer just said so!’ I had to note to him that, urmmmm, no announcer at any track would even mention an also ran like that. Sort of silly. But I understand why it is done - to keep the story line flowing. Otherwise, you can’t really tell who’s who in the races - with editing (little pointer arrows, isolation focus, etc) they could have ‘kept us up’ with our main characters pretty easily.
Overall I liked it and think a kid in Des Moines or downtown Miami might think it pretty cool to watch. If even 1 of them tugs their parents’ sleeves and begs for pony rides or to go to the track (or, better, to the track’s ‘learn about horses!’ day) then great for AP.
It a reality show. The producers take what is thrown out there in front of the cameras and make a story. You have to realize that most people watching it aren’t even horse people and they have to dumb it down to that viewership. And for all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes at the track, they are showing the cotton candy version. Seriously. Many people should be happy it is the edited, fluffy version of what goes on at the track.
I actually liked it. I used to work for a racing trainer and I can’t say that much of what I saw was off the mark. If this show ends up promoting the racing industry to average folks who then turn out at the track and bet, which means more money in the pockets of everyone in the industry, then I don’t think the racing insiders will be complaining.
LOL!!! great minds Dick!!!
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Kayla Stra might want to head back to Australia.[/QUOTE]
Zenyatta!
That was the only good thing about the show… seeing Zenyatta!!!
I liked the show. Thought the show after it (Untamed and Uncut) was one of the worst examples of television I’d ever seen, but I’ll admit to watching it to try to figure out the physics involved in all of the accidents. They did, by the way, say that the horses escaped unharmed - even the standardbred that ran into the winner’s circle (he did have some scrapes), and the steeplechaser that flipped the guy like that (I was trying to figure out how that one worked - it defied imagination). And all the people lived too, and all except for one continued to ride or drive.
I was a little disturbed that AP chose to show it directly after Jockeys. My guess is that either they were also clueless and thought “ooh, let’s put the racing segments together” or…perhaps they have an agenda. I don’t know.
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I was a little disturbed that AP chose to show it directly after Jockeys. My guess is that either they were also clueless and thought “ooh, let’s put the racing segments together” or…perhaps they have an agenda. I don’t know.[/QUOTE]
I wondered about that too. 
I was hoping it would be a little less “reality tv” and more educational.
At least that show was able to show a good deal of footage where no horse got hurt - and they explained it. And like GB says - they were able to give you the explanation for why things happened the way they did. They were able to show how freak accidents can happen, even with the best safety precauctions and the ambulance following you along.
The standardbred driver who had a heart attack while driving - after they let us know the driver was fine - it really got me laughing when they showed the reconstruction animation video. Those standard breds were cantering along in their harness - every last one of them.
Andrew, I saw a video on youtube yesterday of Zenyatta this week, it’s a behind the scenes at J. Shiriff’s training spot at Hollywood. Lots more Zenyatta footage at his channel.
My husband thought the budget of the show last night looked around $7.50! It’s true we’d already seen a lot of it just from the trailers. I thought it was okay.
As someone else remarked, you have to remember the intended audience of reality tv shows: they like watching people eating bugs!
Mike Smith and Corey both came off as very appealing. Not so Go go, and I wonder if that will make him even more competitive today at S.A. I hope so! Got my bets worked out.
On Direct TV the show was on at 8, lucky for me.
I can’t say that I was impressed, however I don’t think it was negative against the racing world and I agree with what Just My Style said. I’m definitely interested to see next week’s episode about making weight. I know firsthand that it’s on my mind 24/7 and I don’t even HAVE to yet. And I know having seen my b/f’s dad while he was riding, as well as all our friends who still ride, what they truly go through. If it’s like last night’s episode, I think it will be more eye opening than derogatory.
There were definitely too many commercials but maybe as the show progresses we’ll see less. I would like to see a lot more action from the mornings and also during the race day, instead of watching Joe Talamo’s girlfriend in the grandstand or Mike and Chantal unpacking. It’s amazing how much is involved in getting every horse to the race and I think a lot of people don’t realize that.
Oh and I can’t wait for the episode with Gary in it :lol: My b/f teases me all the time and threatens to tell him that I’ve got a crush on him, as if it’s not obvious when I turn beet red every time we’re around him!:winkgrin:
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Oh, come on! Don’t tease us like that!!! Give up some dirt!![/QUOTE]
The interspersing of “fake” and “their” race clips during the running of Zenyatta’s Lady’s Secret win was pretty cheeseball – along with the less than compelling re-creations of Trevor Denman’s race calls by one Trevor Denman during the races shown
Kayla makes herself look like a complete tart. “Winning races is better than sex” statement was a badly thought out choice of verbage which leads me to look at fact. Kayla rarely wins races and has likely had far more sex than wins… just sayin…
The girl who Kayla proclaims this to has been on more good horses than Kayla easily and looks better working a horse than Kayla ever will. Lauren’s biggest claim to fame was being the exercise rider for a little known filly by the name of Rags To Riches.
The list could get really long!
Then there were a few scenes that were said to be at Santa Anita but were actually of Pomona.
Goes on and on and on
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Kayla Stra might want to head back to Australia.[/QUOTE]
She’s not the only one who need to go home!!!
Love Story or not—Chantal might wanna think about headin back up north!!! She was doin waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better in Canada than she ever will in CA and I think Mike probably liked it better with her up there!!!
She’d be a fool not to go back to Wodbine with her higher rate of success and their purses! SHe was here last year and went back for opening day at Woodbine. Here’s hoping she does the same this year
I liked it. I wasnt overly impressed but I liked it and i thought it would easily keep the audience of non-racing fans and racing fans entertained and into it. It was very typical MTV editing, but i think it was a great look into the lives and how jockeys struggle. It was educational for those who may know nothing about the sport. Keep in mind its not just about the life of jockeys as a whole but the individual lives of each jockey on the show-thats why its edited the way it is.
I really loved seeing Zenyatta. Great footage there. Chantal is still at Santa Anita. One of my professors was there talking to her after a race a few weeks ago. I personally think shes extremely high maintenance and not the type of person i personally enjoy seeing on the show- just my personal opnion. God help Mike…you’re a trooper!
I know it stated none of the horses where injured- i think we all know that footage is comming- as it was previewed. I dont see any sense in trying to hide it. Hiding it will do nothing for the sport and i just think its cowardly to do so. Horses getting injured or even killed- all of us know- is a big issue with the sport- and hiding it in a documentary type show about jockeys is just plain silly.
Overall i liked it but wasnt thrilled with it. Keep in mind though; that this show is not geared for all of us who know a lot about the sport- its supposed to give those who know little about it- an insiders view on the struggle and lives of each individual jockey. I think it added a lot of hype and it was exciting to watch- and i think it will get a lot of folks interested in the sport.
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- how lovely that AP would show a sensationalized, “uncut, untamed, wild” show straight away afterwards, where that particular episode of that particular show (don’t know the name) shows nothing but jockey/racing falls and/or loose out of control racehorses… sigh :uhoh:
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hey it’s nice to see someone wrecking besides me :winkgrin:
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