Trot Night Review
To be fair, I doubt if anyone but the Russian judge (sorry, an old joke that might not be very PC at the moment) would give the initial Trot Night session much more than a 3 out of 10.
Live television is always going to be a tough gig, and what with pixelation, music so loud that you couldn’t hear what the hosts were saying sometimes, and losing the feed to the races (which I understand was not a fault of the TAB as has been reported in some quarters), it was a rocky start.
Pluses were the enthusiasm of the hosts, probably a bit over the top for my liking, but I understand that’s better than the alternative, interviews with drivers and connections, something that Trackside fails badly at but are excellent for creating atmosphere, articles of interest, and no interruptions to the harness coverage.
Television didn’t show the races in a very good light, (apparently they were okay on other devices), but if you switched to Trackside to watch the races themselves then flicked back to Trot Night on Channel 83, it wasn’t a bad nights entertainment.
So, let’s give the concept, which on paper is a great one, some slack and hope for the necessary improvements with experience.
Pete Cook