Horse racing commentators

Whilst we say goodbye to Harry "he's got him with a right" Carpenter, how about praising those who do what seems to me an impossible job.

If you've ever had a bet in the Grand National and spent until the Canal Turn trying to spot the horse you've backed you'll know how hard it is to call a race of 20 or more horses.

Last Friday, during the last race at Cheltenham, where I had two horses that could get me in the money I was so obsessed by tracking one of the horses that I completely missed the other one right until the commentator told me he had just taken the lead!

A lot of them get a lot of stick on forums, but frankly the worst of them does a better job than I could even imagine doing.

So, here's to them. And to my two favourites in particular. Richard Hoiles who is the very best at describing the action (who's going too fast, who's jumping sloppily etc), and Mark Johnston who can make the lowliest selling hurdle at Catterick sound like the Cheltenham Gold Cup.


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