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Racing Broadcaster John McCririck Dies

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    riffmongous
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    He was pretty iconic for horse racing. Rip


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    Gimme A Pound
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    Poor Booby.


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    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    79 is not that great these days as an innings. About average?

    Quite a character. RIP.


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    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users Posts: 42,080 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    One of the great characters who'll be missed in the Horse Racing world. Rest in peace.


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    JohnnyFlash
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    A complete bollöcks by all accounts.


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    branie2
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    May he rest in peace


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    #8
    kneemos
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    Does this mean he was a great guy?


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    corner of hells
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    Any news on Beiber?
    He still kickin' ?


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    Gael23
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    He won’t be missed by many. Booby can now have some peace after so many years of suffering
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6252403/John-McCririck-reveals-hes-NOT-DYING-explains-gaunt-frail-appearance-flu.html


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    Bobblehats
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    The madcap dies! Racing definitely lost a few casual viewers when that loon retired


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    RhubarbCrumble
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    A complete bollöcks by all accounts.

    A nasty piece of work.


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    Gimme A Pound
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    Gael23 wrote: »
    He won’t be missed by many. Booby can now have some peace after so many years of suffering
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6252403/John-McCririck-reveals-hes-NOT-DYING-explains-gaunt-frail-appearance-flu.html
    I don't think that article mentioned his weight and severe bout of flu enough times.


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    bobbysands81
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    Had the pleasure of meeting John McCririck at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.


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    Gael23
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    Gimme A Pound wrote: »
    I don't think that article mentioned his weight and severe bout of flu enough times.

    Sounds too like troath cancer to me govern he was a lifelong cigar smoker.


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    ohnonotgmail
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    Bobblehats wrote: »
    The madcap dies! Racing definitely lost a few casual viewers when that loon retired

    he didn't retire from Channel 4 racing. they didnt want him any more.


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    Bobblehats
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    he didn't retire from Channel 4 racing. they didnt want him any more.

    Oh yeah I remember now. Fair to say he was never retiring..


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    Edgware
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    Funny at times and a gob****e at times. A relic of the old style bookies, ITV 7 etc.
    Replaced by boring politically correct commentators afraid to make a mistake in case someone gets offended


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    Your Face
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    I don't watch the horses but know who this fella was.
    I didn't follow his career so can someone answer the following:
    Why all the hate - what did he do?


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    Outlaw Pete
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    Always great on Big Brother's panel show.

    And he got this response from Ruby which I always thought showed his true colours re: punters.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVzJ0kq0Vd0


    RIP.


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    gerrybbadd
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    Mods, there's a thread in the Horse Racing forum too. Could the threads be stitched together perhaps?


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    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    Naw. I know him from big brother mostly.

    Ruby was right about punters.


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    castletownman
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    I heard he died this morning at 10/1


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    Hamsterchops
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    Gael23 wrote: »
    Sounds too like troath cancer to me govern he was a lifelong cigar smoker.

    You mean throat cancer.
    Truly awful disease, scary.

    He was the voice of horse racing for so many years, accentric dress sense and a character to match...
    Hope the Booby will be alright without him.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Your Face wrote: »
    I don't watch the horses but know who this fella was.
    I didn't follow his career so can someone answer the following:
    Why all the hate - what did he do?

    He didn't do anything, he was just very outspoken and brutally honest at times.

    People like that make enemies.

    I liked him. We don't see characters like him in the media anymore. Everyone's afraid of causing offence.


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    Edgware
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    Naw. I know him from big brother mostly.

    Ruby was right about punters.

    Of course he's right. Its owners/trainers pay his wages9


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    Outlaw Pete
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    Edgware wrote: »
    Of course he's right. Its owners/trainers pay his wages9

    No punters, no bookies, no horse racing.

    It would be like footballers at a club saying they couldn't give a fcuk about the fans, as sure the owners pay their wages.

    If a player did say that, they'd be hated and I see no reason to excuse a jockey for saying similar.

    Hate that attitude with a passion. Walsh never could wrap his head around the fact that it was in fact the punter who actually paid his wages.

    Listening to a bit of a tribute to him on William Hill Radio earlier and one chap was saying how on The Morning Line he had a go at a pundit (they didn't name him) who had tipped a horse on air but had actually backed another in the race. When they came back on air he confronted him about it.

    Lots to dislike about McCririck, but that's one thing to like about him, he at least tried to see that the punter was in someway represented.


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    SeaFields
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    castletownman wrote: »
    I heard he died this morning at 10/1

    Technically that'd be the afternoon...


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    ILoveYourVibes
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    I am only really interested in the riding side of racing. No idea really who he was. No idea why people hate him though.


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    ILoveYourVibes
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    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    No punters, no bookies, no horse racing.

    It's like footballers who couldn't give a fcuk about the fans of a club, saying well the owners pay their wages.

    Hate that attitude with a passion.


    That is 100% NOT true.

    No other horse sport has punters.

    And they have FAR more prestige and riders get paid far more on average.

    Showjumping. Dressage . Cross country. Eventing. Polo.

    Barrel Racing.

    A professional polo player will make from between 5 million and 10 million a year.

    High end showjumpers will earn around one million. (They have to win it though) The low end showjumper will earn 10 k. That's minus expenses. Most will be in the middle though at about 500,000

    Horse racing would of course survive without punters. Every other horse sport has.

    And if you are a punter etc are you a fan of horses really? I have heard punters speak very disrespectfully about the skill of jockeys and their horsemanship etc. And disregarding the dignity of horses etc. Not all but some.

    They are gambling fans. That isn't to say you can't be both. But not all punters are fans of horse racing.


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    Woke Hogan
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    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    No punters, no bookies, no horse racing.

    It's like footballers who couldn't give a fcuk about the fans of a club, saying well the owners pay their wages.

    Hate that attitude with a passion.
    It's not a legitimate sport if it's relying on gambling to survive.


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