Gold Cup – Public should know!!

[llanrumneyboy]

And no, I`m not being facetious. I`ve followed the sport for half a century with a passion. But most people are ambivalent towards the game. It`s been alluded to already that attendances are better than a decade ago, but that is because a lot of people go more for the social side than with any great interest in the game. And why shouldn`t they?

Yes, it goes without saying that for most followers, this clash will bring a frisson of excitement, not encountered on the turf for a while. But that would be very difficult to convey to people with little interest or knowledge of the history of the Sport. And then, even then, it would soon be forgotten, as it would only be the flavour of the month.

[PAULCS]

I did see plenty of city-types at Ascot last Saturday but then again, the balconies above the parade ring were heaving before the Ascot Chase.

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