Duritz,
I understand what you are saying and I know there are punters out there that want to watch the mounting yard and whether the nag is pretty or not, but there are a lot of others like me that just want to see them going into the barrier and knowing when to put the bet on.
I can watch whether a nag is playing up and the start is delayed or not.
With the way I find my selection starts happening about 15 mins before the start of a race and I follow odds, books and tabs, alternating web page to web page and if anything of interest shows up start writing odds down.
If I have a selection I am interested in the last 30 secs to the jump are paramount to me, because that's when everything just about sorts itself out.
When I say follow odds I don't always mean the shorteners, more often than not I am on something that blows.
I have seen many many times the market change after jump time when there is a nag playing up and the start is delayed.
The difference to me is to bet or not to.
All I want to go back to is just being able to watch the start, whether I watch the race or not I don't give a damn because I can't change the result.
It has cost me money this week and I am not a happy camper.

Cheers