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    Avatar photoaaronizneez
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    #484945
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    Just plain no

    Its not setting the world on fire in Ireland

    Will anyone watch the Derby on a sat evening at 7pm ,,,,,sadly no

    If you want to innovate

    Have it on a Sunday ……now thats a whole new bag of bananas
    :mrgreen:

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    Have it on a Sunday ……now thats a whole new bag of bananas
    :mrgreen:

    Nah; the French have been doing that for years. We should run it on a completely random day like, oh I don’t know, let’s say Wednesday.

    #484948
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    I think we should just let The Queen decide the fixture list.

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    homersimpson
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    I think we should just let The Queen decide the fixture list.

    I believe she likes Ant & Dec so its a non-starter :wink:

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    I think we should just let The Queen decide the fixture list.

    I believe she likes Ant & Dec so its a non-starter :wink:

    Hopefully, she’s got an aversion to the AW.

    #484953
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    How about we run it on the first Tues in November , in Southwell , shown only on ATR

    Chapman . as booth . commentator , and skype on track interviews

    That should bring em flocking back ……

    Yep I can see Stilvi salivating now ……

    Go On Epsom be brave , go to Southwell , if your going to sink the derby then you may as well sink it permanently

    :mrgreen:

    #484954
    moehat
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    What about all the people having to travel home afterwards? better idea would be revert back to it being on a weekday and to have a National holiday called ‘Derby Day’. I’m sure HM could pull a few strings.

    #484959
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    Channel 4 wouldn’t wear it. It would interfere with all those repeats of "Come Dine with Me" and "Restoration Man". :wink:

    It’ about time they realised that changing the time won’t do anything. They’ve got to get it back to the Beeb if they want figures to go up again.

    #484964
    banjojack
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    Get rid of Nick Luck and let Emma Spencer present it in a skimpy designer dress, ratings would sore.

    #484972
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    Only a triple crown contender could excite Joe Public, or someone throwing themselves under the Queen’s horse like Emily Davison did in 1913.

    Ask Joe Public for a Grand National winner and most would answer Red Rum because history was made when he became a triple winner.

    Racing remains a minority sport, unlike say football. Most people may like or dislike football but it is recognized .

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