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Seems bizarre to me that with most of the country on holiday and looking for something to do we have no racing on.
No, let’s have a clear day for a change. Anyway, the training Open Days are taking place and it’s a good way to showcase the ‘behind the scenes’ of the sport.
Rob
As a former betting shop employee, we used to love people with such a nice attitude.
Long gone are the days of betting shop chains paying treble time for Bank Holidays. Perhaps those working in such a den of iniquity do not deserve to have time to spend with their families?Totally agree with you Corm is is ridiculous in the 21st century that there is no racing on Good Friday or shops cannot open on Easter Sunday just because of some ridiculous fairy story.
Racing is a leisure industry and surely on a day when a large number of the population are not at work then it would be a perfect day to have racing.
No, let’s have a clear day for a change.
RobTotally agree with you regarding clear days but the clear days should be on the quiet Monday’s or Tuesdays, days when there is far less demand for the product and most people are at work.
As a former betting shop employee, we used to love people with such a nice attitude.
Long gone are the days of betting shop chains paying treble time for Bank Holidays. Perhaps those working in such a den of iniquity do not deserve to have time to spend with their families?Two points on that one. The sympathetic response would be if there was a blank day in the week, as I mentioned above, the problem would be eased, although even with days without racing the bookmakers would still open.
The slightly less sympathetic response would be if you work in the supply industry then you have to expect to work when the demand is there. The same applies across all sectors of the supply industry.
Perhaps broadcasting should shut down at weekends so workers could spent time with their families.
Then perhaps we could close all the theme parks and tourist attractions which are open at weekends and over the bank holidays so the employees can have time with their families.
OK extreme examples but, hopefully, you can see the point I’m making.
Personally I believe there should be no restrictions as to when racing, for example, can take place or when shops can open.
Let the laws of supply and demand dictate rather than interference from a nanny state.
Any kind of racing Corm?
A passer by might easily think this forum would like to see the back of more than two thirds of flat racing, AW racing in it’s entirety and the fallout closure of half the racecourses and redundancy of two thirds or more of those who work in racing.
Ah, but then you could mean maybe a couple of six race jumps meetings with small field graded races that aren’t betting propositions, an incalculable 24 runner handicap full of fit-ups, whip free of course. And a hunter chase and bumper.
Have a day off and happy easter.
There have been numerous posts on here claiming that horse racing isn’t required for gamblers. First day no racing and a plea for racing.
As a former betting shop employee, we used to love people with such a nice attitude.
Long gone are the days of betting shop chains paying treble time for Bank Holidays. Perhaps those working in such a den of iniquity do not deserve to have time to spend with their families?Is irrelevant now as most shops open every day except Xmas day (UK racing or not) largely because of those horrible machines
Paul, I accept that a case could be made for racing today but as there is far too much racing anyway then begging for more what would essentially be pretty average fayre does seem rather perverse. Perhaps if the Liverpool meeting were staged this week I could see some justification but merely to satisfy the cravings of weak-willed addicts does not seem to be very socially responsible.
In any industry one accepts that you may have to work unsociable hours but any renumeration should reflect that. Simply permitting companies to exploit their employees without fair recompense is why trade unions were originally formed.
The fact is we have a potential workforce far in excess of the number of jobs that afford the level of income required to survive in the prevailing economic climate. Over population is something that no government, regardless of hue, can cope with when trying to produce a balanced economy.
Not for gambling Obe – just for watching.
Sberry – I find almost all racing of interest in one way or another.
EF – Yes, they deserve time off, but as Paul points out in the service industry you have to be prepared to work when that service is required and take your time off at other times. The world has changed from the days when everything shut down, for better or worse.
I understand the argument but don’t agree, there’s far too much racing as it is.
Like you I believe there is too much racing but to have no racing on what is a Bank Holiday in everything but name is stupidity and cutting off a much needed revenue source for a sport that needs every penny it can get.
I cannot see the economic sense of not racing on what could be one of the most lucrative days of the year.
The reduction in the number of race meetings can easily be achieved by restricting the maximum number of meetings on any one day – looking at the calendar we have many evenings this year with three meetings – there can be no justification for that.
Make Mondays, unless they’re a Bank Holiday or in the main summer holiday period, blank days. I’ve lost count of the number of Monday meetings I’ve attended where there have been less than 1,000 attending.
Certainly in the middle of winter when the weather tends to be inclement there is an argument for having Monday and Tuesday as blank days.
Totally agree with you Corm it is ridiculous in the 21st century that there is no racing on Good Friday or shops cannot open on Easter Sunday just because of some ridiculous fairy story.
Paul, you are clearly upset that you have missed Matins.
Worry not, Evensong will be along shortly.
Mike
My usual response to this is to point out that if racing is allowed on Remembrance Sunday – the only ‘religious’ day in my calendar, and I suspect a large number of the secular majority – then why not on Good Friday, which is a special day for only the theist minority, all of whom of course are permitted not to go racing or have a bet if they choose
I believe though that this blank day is not of racing’s choosing or fault, but is a government edict, and a wholly antiquated one at that
Are there any sporting events today?
Racing on Good Friday?… That’s Blasphemy
Perhaps this religious lesson and the real truth about Jesus will change your minds.
Today happens to be opening day at Keeneland. A fantastic card for this afternoon. http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/KE … A-EQB.html
Santa Anita, Oaklawn, Pimlico, Gulfstream, Woodbine, even Aqueduct have some quality racing today as well.
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