Voice of football Jonathan Pearce tries his hand at horse racing commentary for Cheltenham
The soccer stalwart was challenged to tackle three famous races from previous meets, including Annie Power's incredible fall in 2015
LEGENDARY voice of football Jonathan Pearce has tried his hand at horse racing commentary for Cheltenham Festival.
888sport challenged the soccer stalwart to tackle three famous races from previous meets, including Annie Power's fall in 2015.
Joined by racing guru Ian Bartlett, Jonathan tries to learn the art of fence jumping... but quickly realises it's going to be a bumpy ride.
He may have covered ten World Cups, numerous FA Cup finals and thousands of Premier League games but this is a different breed altogether.
Starting off on the 2015 Mares' Hurdle, Jonathan quickly forgets how many jumps remain in the race and even calls Annie Power the winner before her infamous fall.
As well as the Mares’ Hurdle, Jonathan calls Might Bite’s dramatic swerve in the 2017 RSA Chase and Native River’s courageous victory in last year’s Gold Cup.
Ian coaches Pearce the whole way and in the end is impressed with his progress. He even says 'he's fearful for his job'.
Speaking about how hard he found the new career Jonathan says: "it's the most difficult job their is in sports commentary.