Ruby Walsh: You can’t hide your mistakes or bluff your decisions when a HD camera is zoomed in

And last Sunday the camerawork at Fairyhouse helped each and every one of us feel as close to the action as we possibly could

A TV camera man catching the action on the track at Tipperary earlier this year. Picture: Healy Racing

Technology. It started my love affair with what it I did for most for of my life, frightened me at times during that period and now helps me to explain what I see or know is happening but don’t have the words to explain.

The camera on a car speeding alongside the inside road at Ascot, Chepstow, Sandown, and Newbury on a Saturday as I watched the BBC was what enthralled me as a kid: The closeness to the speed; the adrenalin of good jumpers; the impact of falls all right there in front of you; marvelling at the skill of Richard Dunwoody or watching him bounce back to his feet after a thumping fall.