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  • May 29, 2015 at 20:01 #1086776
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    Salisbury Saturday, Kingston Blount Sunday, Windsor Monday, Newton Abbot Wednesday, Worcester yesterday and Brighton today – lovely week. :)

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    May 30, 2015 at 11:26 #1087260
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    May be we should arrange a TRF get together at Salisbury some time Ian? :yes:

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    May 30, 2015 at 11:32 #1087265
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    I’ve done 5 days @ Glorious Goodwood followed by Newbury on the Sunday before – tiring; and 11 days in 14 once. Not now though. Given up Goodwood membership this year and don’t go racing anywhere near as often. Even Salisbury I don’t go to the poorer qulity race days/evenings.

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    May 30, 2015 at 13:05 #1087316
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    A good article by Richard Hughes on the Racing Post site. Some quotes below (if not allowed because of copyright please delete)

    All too often the sport is guilty of annoying and alienating these people in an effort to bring in a different, younger crowd. In my opinion that is a massive mistake.

    Tons of money and time seem to go into attracting new people to racecourses, the vast majority of whom have no interest in the sport and never will have. That would be fine if it were not for the fact that by trying to please the new racegoers those responsible upset the existing ones, a prime example being the moving of quality fixtures from midweek slots to Saturdays.

    To get the next generation of racegoers we all hear about, racecourses think they should put all their goodies in a Saturday basket. From what I’ve seen, what that often leads to is racecourses simply being full of stag and hen parties.

    I can’t help but think racing is one of those sports you either like or you don’t like – and it has survived for centuries on that basis.

    May 30, 2015 at 22:40 #1087797
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    Good idea, Mr Gingertipster. =D

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    June 1, 2015 at 11:02 #1088835
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    IanDavies wrote:

    Good idea, Mr Gingertipster. =D

    Any more TRFers interested in a meet up at Salisbury?

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    June 1, 2015 at 16:30 #1089209
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    Possibly.
    Does your girlfriend have any friends that are ladies?……. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

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    June 1, 2015 at 18:50 #1089971
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    Nathan Hughes wrote:

    Possibly.
    Does your girlfriend have any friends that are ladies?……. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

    No “ladies” amongst them Nathan. ;-)

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