Pat Keane: Racing TV criticism unjustified

So, Conor O’Neill, general manager of Punchestown racecourse, admitted to being ‘very disappointed’ the John Durkan Memorial Chase (run at Punchestown last Sunday) was broadcast on a split screen with no commentary in the early stages.

Well, seriously Mr O’Neill are you surprised, considering that Irish racing, inexplicably, decided to leave the real home of our game, the now Sky Sports Racing, to join a channel that was already chockful of high-class British racing?