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As much as I hate to do it, I must pile on. I do not normally get to watch TVG because I have a job and not much free time to watch. This week and next, however, I am home recovering from knee surgery and get to watch. I don't know if the types of things that I am seeing are typical, but they really annoy me.
Everybody knows that TVG pumps the pick 4, 5, and 6 bets, but I noticed that their "experts" give the picks out about 1 or 2 minutes before post time of the first leg. How do they expect those who play the picks - do people play the picks? - to get the bet in?
Also, the analysts are all obliged to give out selections, or so it seems, but why do they always do it when the horses are almost fully loaded in the gate? Is that normal for them to do?
TVG is using/promoting the TimeformUS product, which is well and good. Of course, a feature of that product is the Pace Projector. Today, prior to the 9th/feature race, TVG put up the Pace Proj graphic which included the numerous scratched horses. Todd T. began a diatribe about how Timeform needed to get that changed because it was not showing an accurate picture. I know that Timeform updates scratches frequently, so it seems to me that they updating needs to take place with the TVG production department.
On the bright side, TVG has a young man working for them who has a good stage presence and seems to know a lot about horse racing from a historical perspective. His name is Caleb something. I have no idea if he is a good handicapper or not, but he seems like he would be good for the network if they give him a big enough role. Schrupp was fawning over him to the point where it got a little bit creepy.
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