Please join me in emailing ATR if this frustrates you as this will be repeated the next few months every time Sha Tin races unless they receive feedback about viewers wanting to see the Australian racing rather than the Hong Kong racing or ask that they only switch to Hong Kong when they race and go back to showing Australian racing the rest of the time and not just pointless static paddock shots of Sha Tin.
Edit: They just said on air that my email raised very good points and that as I requested they would pass on my comments to the relevant people.
Please also email in if you would rather see the Australian coverage.
My main points were:
1. That they show Australian racing year round and so it has a good following and now that we are entering the main Autumn Carnivals and Melbourne Cup it is frustrating as a viewer to be denied the chance to see the races and especially the main trial races that lead into this period. We will miss all of the Group races once a month now as they will show Sha Tin in favour of the Australian racing.
2. ATR makes a big thing of showing the Melbourne Cup yet they deny us the chance to watch the big races leading into it by showing Sha Tin.
3. Australia race every 5 minutes so we will miss a lot of races in the final 2hours and 15 minutes of coverage we will miss but only see 2 races an hour from Sha Tin during this period with just static paddock shots with no presenters.
4. Could they not switch the coverage back to the Australian racing between races at Sha Tin if they have to show Sha Tin
5. Could my views be passed on to the relevant people and feedback provided if possible.
