Fat Jockey Podcast - Handicap Entries

[Stormez]

Recording one Friday evening

Beautiful!

[Kevloaf]

Fair play to you guys doing these and I’m sure some found these helpful but to improve the appeal to a bigger market and advertise the forum more then they are pretty lengthy and can get disengaging whilst noting 9-12 horses on a shortlist for one race just isn’t helpful.

Appreciate the handicaps pre-weights are tough but maybe that topic should have just waited a week until more information was revealed

Thanks Geegees

This does come up every now and again... my personal opinion is that they're for "us" to enjoy rather than be a huge marketing tool to attract more people. The organic growth we have at the moment is already great and there is just so much content (and great content) out there in all kinds of formats, we do what we enjoy most (which happens to be longer than the average podcast)

I haven't had chance to listen to all the podcasts yet myself, knowing how long it'd be! so understand what you're saying for sure.


The whole thing can be improved, I don't think it should be taken too seriously right now, I think it's better than if we didn't do it, and who knows where it'll end up... so appreciate the feedback and hope my thoughts on it make sense

[Geegees]

Kevloaf Yeah fair play completely understood and I have enjoyed the debates Just would not want anything to take away from the great forum we have at present

[Kautostar]

Enjoy the podcasts and watching when I can however I do feel sometimes they are too long. The UTA show is about right imo at around the 45-mins to an hour mark any longer and it gets hard having the spare time to watch in full. Maybe if one person took on the “host” role and ushered conversations onto the next topic with one eye on the clock would work better going forward. Just my feedback, good effort guys and I look forward to watching more in the future.

[Exar Essay]

Must admit, I enjoy the length. Have long drives and dog walks etc. to fill and really enjoy the in depth analysis on offer. It's a genuine discussion from well informed people. Maybe I'd have a different opinion if I watched rather than just listened.

[Eggs]

….I’m retired so I have no problem finding time to listen but I would constructively suggest they could be a little sharper and more punchy. I think this will naturally happen as the guys get used to things, let’s not forget it’s early days.

Good idea that for the facilitator to watch the clock and keep discussion on track, or when there are two, one can police the other. Terrifically informative stuff, onwards and upwards, great addition to the site.

[Another Value Loser]

Must admit, I enjoy the length. Have long drives and dog walks etc. to fill and really enjoy the in depth analysis on offer. It's a genuine discussion from well informed people. Maybe I'd have a different opinion if I watched rather than just listened.

I agree with this, I really enjoy the thorough discussions. There is more Cheltenham content than ever these days (with new podcasts popping up on a weekly basis) but I find the shorter podcasts often just boil down to "who do you fancy?" due to the time constraints, with little time for rationale.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the in-depth discussions in the Fat Jockey podcasts this year and the longer, more detailed format makes them stand out against the plethora of Cheltenham podcasts on offer.

Keep up the good work fellas

[Stormez]

I also appreciate the time & research that goes into the handicaps. They're an afterthought on almost all podcasts & preview nights.

The graded races get talked to death throughout the season, and if you haven’t nailed your colours to a mast by now chances are you’re too late, but that’s all they talk about & often don’t even mention handicaps.

So it’s nice to hear solid opinions by people on here who are much more informed than 99% of the horse racing industry.