The Glory Days of Channel 4. Racing League Cringe. Can We Fix Racing? with Tanya Stevenson

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Join Tanya Stevenson and Emmet Kennedy as they reflect on the glory days of Channel 4 Racing and what made it truly special. We discuss whether racing’s leadership has become disconnected from its fanbase and review the cringe-worthy finale of the Racing League. Are gimmicks the answer, or should the sport focus on genuine racing? We also explore why there is so much racing with such low prize money and consider if the sport can be revitalised. The Final Furlong Podcast is proudly brought to you by Geoff Banks Bet. Join the excitement and Sign up to Geoff Banks Online now with promo code FFP500 and get 10% of any net losses returned as cash after your first month of betting, up to £500 at geoffbanks.bet. Its tradition redefined with modern tech and unbeatable odds. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. It’s entirely online, designed to be convenient, flexible, and suited to your schedule. Our listeners get 10% off their first month, so give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/FURLONG. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/geoff-banks-online/id881898186 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geoff_banks.geoffbanks Venatour Racing Social: If your planning a racing trip to Europe or further afield, check out Venatour Racing Social for a large range of bespoke racing holidays at Venatour.co.uk Form Tools: Proform is the essential tool for punters looking to make money from betting on Horse Racing. Our form book covers Jumps and Flat racing in the UK and Ireland. https://www.proformracing.com/ Twitter: @FinalFurlongPod Email: radioemmet@gmail.com In association with Adelicious Podcast Network. Hosted on Megaphone. Follow us for free on Spotify Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/3e6NnBkr7MBstVx5U7lpld #HorseRacing #Cheltenham #CheltenhamFestival #GrandNational #KentuckyDerby #FlatRacing #YouTube #FinalFurlongPodcast #HorseRacing #UKRacing #IrishRacing #RacingInsights #saratogapark #drfraceoftheday #DailyRacingForm #DRFTV #HorseRacing #SportsBetting #stakespreview #ArlingtonMillion #Newmarket #Ascot #Curragh #Haydock #ParisLongchamp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Is it politically correct to say this anymore? I don't know. The female, Tanya Stevenson,
0:36.5	welcome back to the show.
0:38.0	Of course it is, but there'll be others tutting, but just I love it it's yeah I love chatting to you and I can't
0:48.7	wait to go through as you say it was a quiet weekend but perhaps it wasn't. Yeah I think it's I think it's a
0:56.8	weekend that's more informative than we first thought.
0:58.8	Being Giant. You were given that nickname by the late great John McCurick and over the weekend I'm trying to renovate a room that I currently use for voice over work and I just like, do you know what why don't I just make this more aesthetically pleasing and have it as a proper background like
1:13.2	Gavin Lynch does for his little studio and as I was trying to find some books to go in the
1:18.7	the clicheed little bookshelf behind I found them and two of the books are from channel 4 racing. The channel 4
1:27.9	A to Z guide of horse racing and the channel 4
1:30.7	know your bets book which I absolutely loved.
1:35.0	Tremendous.
1:36.0	Yeah, such great fun.
1:37.0	We've been talking a good bit about Channel 4 racing from back in the day
1:41.0	and how we'd all very much like that coverage now. An effortlessly cool and
1:45.6	confident swagger about everything you did with racing. It was the best.
1:52.3	Oh, thank you very much, but it was just a joy because we were all independent in the fact that we're all great
2:00.0	individuals coming to chat to one another and we all had differences of opinion, which was, but in a fun sort of way.
2:09.6	Differences of opinion where you would chuckle at the end of heated amusing debate as it were about horses,
2:17.6	about the betting, about what was the future entries, about the politics of the sport, this was behind and in front of the camera,
2:28.0	and then there was just a little bit of humility and also you would talk about everyday things as well on the channel and the most
2:39.6	important people of all were the viewers who got a lot of fun by sending in all their
2:46.3	thoughts and throughout the coverage it just kind of progressed and grew and
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