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Appalling TV camera angles are infuriating me - especially when studying replays
I watch live racing and replays almost every day of the year. And if you're anything like me, I bet we're infuriated by the same thing: the standard of viewing.
Too often camera angles are deployed where you can only see a small percentage of the horses, giving the viewer no idea what is happening with most of the runners. Take the 4.45 at Newmarket on April 29 as an example. In a five-runner race, only one was on the screen for almost the whole of the final furlong. That is dismal.
Yes, the winner is the most important horse in the race, but those in behind can be of more interest for the future. Any number of factors can cost a runner a few lengths and punters need to be able to see everything that has happened to better inform them when the beaten horses appear again.
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