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I know things had potentially become a bit OTT with 10-12 meetings on some Mondays, but tomorrow, there are just 3 (plus one which has been abandoned).
Given the fact that it seems quite regular for there to be 6 meetings on an ordinary Friday, does anyone else think the programme looks a bit light tomorrow?
Unbelievable for a Bank Holiday Monday when you consider that 2 of the meetings in England are at London course.
Surley their could have been meetings planned at Haydock,Doncaster,Newton Abbott for example instead of the stupidity of the Race Planners who have not got a clue.
The old Swinton Hurdle used to be run on the Bank Holiday Monday, but was then moved to a Saturday – good old Haydock eh?
Oh, and another Bank Holiday with no Terrestrial TV,..
From one extreme to another. Race planners clearly don’t know what they’re doing. Five or six meetings spread across the country is fine for a bank holiday Monday.
There used to be stacks of meetings – too many, now its obviously treated as "just another Monday". At least we have some good stuff at the Curragh.
Chaps – there are 3 decent meetings in Ireland today….I’d say thats more than enough…
Chaps – there are 3 decent meetings in Ireland today….I’d say thats more than enough…
But not if you want to attend one in England.
Unbelievable for a Bank Holiday Monday when you consider that 2 of the meetings in England are at London course.
.It all balances out – the next Bank Holiday has a distinct Northern bias
Joking aside – it was silly when we had 12 – 14 cards on a bank holiday with what seemed to be an average of five or six runners a race.
However we seem to have gone to the other extreme – I would suggest five is a reasonable number of meetings for a Bank Holiday but there needs to be a decent geographical split as well.
I think the OFT review actrually did more of a diservice to the sport. Even though it was deemed "anit competitive" the 50 mile rule did work and it made sense. According to my sat-nav Windsor and Kempton are 12.2 miles apart – OK one is racing all weather and the other turf flat but there is bound to be a detrimental effect on both in terms of attracting racegoers from the same catchment area.
The "best" Bank Holiday this year looks like August with seven meetings, a mixture of AW , flat and NH and a very reasonable geographic split.
Hello,
A perfect time of year to have a couple of extra meetings and offer FREE entry, FREE parking, FREE activities for the kids,..hopefully hooking some new racing fans for the rest of the season..but as I have penned on previous threads, this superb sport is not, what people may assume, run by amateurs, but I don’t think it is overseen by ANYONE!!!
Believe me, there are literally millions of families thinking of what outside activity to do today. And what does racing do? Nothing…well almost..
So, attendances at Garden Centres will be up whilst Brigadier Tosspot and his cohorts are having their Pimms in the Club bars of THREE English racecourses, congratulating themselves on how well Racing is being run…
regards,
doyley
No complaints from the point to point contingent, plenty of meetings which is where im heading today on a lovely sunny day, witton beer tent here we come!!!!!
there are literally millions of families thinking of what outside activity to do today. And what does racing do? Nothing…well almost…
Absolutely! It comes from exactly the same unimaginative thinking that leads to racecourses consistently overcharging for entry, and the industry failing to recognise the opportunity that decent Sunday racing actually offers…
Absolutely! It comes from exactly the same unimaginative thinking that leads to racecourses consistently overcharging for entry, and the industry failing to recognise the opportunity that decent Sunday racing actually offers…
The thing is even with high charges the courses still manage to pack them in – Windsor was heaving with families today and it is not the cheapest course in the country.
They do at times Paul. Today, Windsor was one of only three meetings, so they didn’t have a lot of competition, and it was a sunny bank holiday.
The thing is that some courses still charge about £15 for entry on weekday meetings when both the racing and the weather are likely to be bleak. They then get a crowd of a couple of hundred die-hards, and achieve very little other than to supply low-grade punting fodder.
A little imagination (for example Towcester, who now don’t charge for entry and get far bigger crowds who spend far more money inside the course) could go a long way…
£18 to get into Warwick today. A disgrace for such a poor card. You could have got into Ascot for last year’s QE2 for three quid less. Has nobody told these racetracks that we’re in the midsts of an economic slowdown ?
Hello,
A perfect time of year to have a couple of extra meetings and offer FREE entry, FREE parking, FREE activities for the kids,..hopefully hooking some new racing fans for the rest of the season..but as I have penned on previous threads, this superb sport is not, what people may assume, run by amateurs, but I don’t think it is overseen by ANYONE!!!
Believe me, there are literally millions of families thinking of what outside activity to do today. And what does racing do? Nothing…well almost..
So, attendances at Garden Centres will be up whilst Brigadier Tosspot and his cohorts are having their Pimms in the Club bars of THREE English racecourses, congratulating themselves on how well Racing is being run…
Towcester is free entry all year – No idea if there are plans to change that – apart from boxing day and easter. It’s always packed.
£18? – that’s £3 a race!
Rip-off Britain is clearly alive and well on the banks of the Thames.
For a total sum of €21 [rather less than £18] you could gain admission to all three of…Arc Day at Longchamp [€8] and Grand Steeple-Chase day at Auteuil [€8] and D’Amerique day at Vincennes [€5].
How generous we all are to cough up so much money for the privilege of betting with bookmakers!
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