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Originally Posted by madmax
AOII,
Did you watch the race?
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Yes, and for what it's worth I've watched every Derby since I was a child. I also think it's comparing apples to oranges to compare a horse race to a NFL broadcast, but as I'm not in sports television production I'll leave those comparisons and contrasts to those who are.
Personally, I think any member of the broadcast and production crew who were horse people knew when she went down. Gary Stevens' face said it all to me. If not, then they figured it out pretty quickly when the shades went up, because without saying a word the message is clear to horse people. I have no doubt that NBC had isolation coverage on Eight Belles since she was a "good story" coming into the race. I also have no doubt that they had a camera available to show the injury.
I stand by my opinion that NBC handled it well and accept that we have differing opinions on this topic.