I hope you will at least write once a week because your insight is much needed. As well as your great grammar and writing skills.
Not sad that Saratoga is ending because the broadcasts are a disgrace to the sport and not having to listen to clowns every race day is heaven.
Keep up the great work Chuck!! Maybe give a call to TDN and let them know that a real writer exists and you proofread before you publish. Something they definitely don't do.
Sep 5, 2022·edited Sep 5, 2022Liked by Charles Simon
🍀All good things must come to an end and your reporting from the Spa this meet has been a very good thing thank you for your excellent intelligent and insightful commentary all meet long🏇
Real Writing on Racing offered some of the most informative writing along with a light touch that I've read in my 55 years of attending the races at Saratoga or watching from a distance. Writing that "Lukas 'sported' a turf record of 0-55 according to the DRF stats, the dirt to turf angle 0-28." was just the right term in the right context, given that his horse won this particular race. Simon pulled off such quips throughout the meet and yes, I enjoyed them. I have been listening to the podcast he does with Barry Spears during the past half year and though what they say is of interest I would much rather watch a video or perhaps see them publish a dialogue of their conversation which might force them to concentrate on any given topic and not go off on the many tangents they sometimes indulge in. But in truth, I don't like listening to podcasts, so I guess they can't satisfy me, if they stick to the format they have chosen.
I hope you will at least write once a week because your insight is much needed. As well as your great grammar and writing skills.
Not sad that Saratoga is ending because the broadcasts are a disgrace to the sport and not having to listen to clowns every race day is heaven.
Keep up the great work Chuck!! Maybe give a call to TDN and let them know that a real writer exists and you proofread before you publish. Something they definitely don't do.
🍀All good things must come to an end and your reporting from the Spa this meet has been a very good thing thank you for your excellent intelligent and insightful commentary all meet long🏇
At least once a week!
Thanks Dave
Real Writing on Racing offered some of the most informative writing along with a light touch that I've read in my 55 years of attending the races at Saratoga or watching from a distance. Writing that "Lukas 'sported' a turf record of 0-55 according to the DRF stats, the dirt to turf angle 0-28." was just the right term in the right context, given that his horse won this particular race. Simon pulled off such quips throughout the meet and yes, I enjoyed them. I have been listening to the podcast he does with Barry Spears during the past half year and though what they say is of interest I would much rather watch a video or perhaps see them publish a dialogue of their conversation which might force them to concentrate on any given topic and not go off on the many tangents they sometimes indulge in. But in truth, I don't like listening to podcasts, so I guess they can't satisfy me, if they stick to the format they have chosen.
Thank you Larry! You are our guy!!