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Dublin Horse Show 2013 on RTE

  • 10-08-2013 3:35am
    #1
    Go Harvey Go
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    Watching this year's Horse Show from upstate New York via a VPN, and the first thing I notice is, AT LONG LAST!!!!

    After seven years, the folks at Montrose have finally pensioned off those painty opening titles and waltzy theme tune. :D:D:D

    It must be said that it would have been a pretty stupid move had they not done so, seeing as they've saved themselves a fair amount of money by deciding to scrap Premier League highlights.

    As for these replacements? Bit of a shame that the theme tune is still orchestral - and it's rather dramatic for the Horse Show, as are the titles. Anything seems like an improvement on the last seven years, though...

    At the RDS, meanwhile, that was a good win for Nick Skelton and co in the Aga Khan.


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  • #2
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    I like the painty stuff and the orchestra music... I didn't see it on tv because I was there but being there, and having watched it on tv before, I think the 'dramatics' if it suits the tension you experience being there, especially during the AgaKhan and Puissance.


  • #3
    Horsetiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Horsetiger


    I still miss the old RTE SJ theme tune (found on this video from Millstreet!:))


  • #4
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Brilliant find, Horsetiger!!! :D:D:D:):):);););)

    That theme tune, of course, was used until 2005 - and ought to be regarded as a classic, IMHO.

    If the folks at Montrose ever decide to bring it back, though, then no doubt they'll have it re-recorded in a bland way, without synthesisers...

    As for the video, not only is it from a time when Robert Hall had more hair, but it's also from a time when RTE's commitment to show jumping was much greater. Nowadays, the Dublin Horse Show is pretty much the only event they broadcast...


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