It was also announced that the new partnership will see the inclusion of Racing.com into the entire Foxtel Business commercial distribution network (excluding licensed venues), meaning the channel is to be added into services provided to businesses such as hotels, cafes, gyms, hospitals, aged care, mining and workforce accommodation.
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The channelâs 10th birthday was yesterday (August 29). I wonder if there was any mention of the milestone on air?
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Yes, It was mentioned during Before the First.
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I noticed a few weeks back the channel also has captioning, not sure how many of the programs have it though.
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I noticed that by accident too. From a few checks since, most of the programming is captioned. Makes sense considering a couple RDC shows also air on Seven where they would require captioning.
Most of Sky Racing is captioned too.
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The ABC News website has a feature article on racehorse falls and deaths being removed from replays on racing websites and TV channels such as Sky Channel and racing dot com.
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If replays were ever uploaded in their full, unedited state, those same outraged groups would, without a doubt, be just as shocked at the broadcasters themselves.
No one wants to see a fall, an injury, orâheaven forbidâa death in any form of racing. But I genuinely fail to see what the anti-racing lobbyâs desired endgame actually is, other than to completely dismantle entire industries, destroy livelihoods, and force skilled, compassionate peopleâwho truly love and care for their animalsâout of the work theyâve dedicated their lives to.
By all means, clean up the racing industries where itâs needed. Hold racing bodies accountable when they fail in their duty of care. But please, donât paint every single person involved in racing as being heartless, soulless, or immoral every single time.
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Mate itâs not a real sport. Itâs just fuel for gambling which is probably the worst thing available to the average person.
Youâre all supporting, creating, making the thing go round.
People gamble on just about everything. Nearly every sport has people betting on them, AFL and NRL are probably the biggest sporting codes to have even worse issues with gambling.
Gambling is an issue but racing isnât the only culprit.
Their endgame is to stop the practice of racing animals for sport; itâs no more complicated than that.
Gambling has become a scourge on the community, and we need to rein it in (pardon the pun).
The problem is that you can take gambling out of the vast majority of sports, and they can continue; they will likely take a hit financially, and there will be a cohort of interested people who will no longer be interested, but largely, itâs a minor impediment.
Could you do that with racing? I have my doubts; the viability of anything below the top tier is heavily impacted by fluctuating gaming revenue and the concept of âTABâ events.
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But you see, racing has only ever existed for betting. The other sports were sports at the beginning.
I wasnât, and am not, debating or defending whether it had or hadnât, nor do I intend to now.
My original point was simply that anti-racing lobbyists campaign for change within the industryâwhich is fairâbut even after specific issues are addressed, they often continue pushing for more. They turn to the media, which then amplifies these storiesâoften with inaccuraciesâand in doing so, helps create an environment where the focus shifts away from the specific offenders. Instead, the narrative becomes that the entire racing industry is at fault. This framing unfairly paints everyone involved, or even those who merely support the sport, as villains, when the reality is that most people are not.
Whatâs truly needed, in my view, is considered and balanced reportingâcoverage that ensures all perspectives are heard, at all times, and in all instances. Thatâs all Iâm asking for.
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No. There are a small number of âpicnicâ meetings which operate without TAB coverage but they are more community-type events with amateur jockeys etc.
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Injured jockey Jaylah Kennedy will make her debut as mounting yard analyst at todayâs Ballarat Cup. She rode the winning horse in the cup last year, but has been sidelined since September after surgery to relieve excruciating pain in the knee and iliotibial band (ITB),
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