New Posts For Thread: The funding crisis in horseracinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracingSo, the Levy Board forecasts that its expenditure for 2010/11 will be £70m (for the present) versus £94.5m in 09/10 (D.Mail July 20).(It was as high as £115m in 07/08 and you have to go back to 01/02 for the figure to be as low as next year'swarrenlodgeSad to say, but your words ring true. Glad you managed to read all 11 pages ...I just wish some at the top of British Racing would do the same because they would see that frustration at what is happening to this sport is very high.askari1Thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=505809711#505809711warrenlodgeSad to say, but your words ring true. Glad you managed to read all 11 pages ...I just wish some at the top of British Racing would do the same because they would see that frustration at what is happening to this sport is very high.askari1TFri, 26 Aug 2011 04:38:51 -0500No informed punter wants the consequences of a bm profits-based funding mechanism (over-watering, deteriorating courses, variable draws, unpredictable results) and many in racing (see Braveheart's comments today) find them hard to live with too.Manyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=505804823#505804823No informed punter wants the consequences of a bm profits-based funding mechanism (over-watering, deteriorating courses, variable draws, unpredictable results) and many in racing (see Braveheart's comments today) find them hard to live with too.ManyThu, 25 Aug 2011 22:37:40 -0500technology has allowed bookmakers to avoid paying as much levy to racing via simulted sports and casino gaming machines meanwhile the real technological device that could save the courses and tracks sports, television and having pure racing channelshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=505801513#505801513technology has allowed bookmakers to avoid paying as much levy to racing via simulted sports and casino gaming machines meanwhile the real technological device that could save the courses and tracks sports, television and having pure racing channelsThu, 25 Aug 2011 20:11:14 -0500SandownI don't often post on here, But Thanks for this .... Sad Old Git that I am, I have just gone through all the posts (11 pages) and being interested in all aspects of Racing, Sports & Betting have found this all very fascinating, with many goodhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=505792485#505792485SandownI don't often post on here, But Thanks for this .... Sad Old Git that I am, I have just gone through all the posts (11 pages) and being interested in all aspects of Racing, Sports & Betting have found this all very fascinating, with many goodThu, 25 Aug 2011 15:52:53 -0500i]THE BHA has expressed its fears that racing in Britain could be come the increasing victim of an overseas talent drain due to a continuing decline in the number of races programmed to develop potential Group horses.The governing body said the markehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=505720359#505720359i]THE BHA has expressed its fears that racing in Britain could be come the increasing victim of an overseas talent drain due to a continuing decline in the number of races programmed to develop potential Group horses.The governing body said the markeWed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:19 -0500Sorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but I don't think it'll hurt to post it here.Here is a link to a survey being carried out by Racing for Change (part 1 of 4 this year):.http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=129899040260https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=491279933#491279933Sorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but I don't think it'll hurt to post it here.Here is a link to a survey being carried out by Racing for Change (part 1 of 4 this year):.http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=129899040260Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:49:29 -0500"BHA to cede powers to tracks and horsemen"Howard Wright, RP todayIt was clear sometime ago that the Horseman's Group was the new kid on the block and now they are to control racing along with what is being called The Racecourse Group who will be thehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=488658353#488658353"BHA to cede powers to tracks and horsemen"Howard Wright, RP todayIt was clear sometime ago that the Horseman's Group was the new kid on the block and now they are to control racing along with what is being called The Racecourse Group who will be theThu, 10 Mar 2011 04:51:14 -0600BHA to cede powers to tracks and horsemen[/i]Howard Wright, RP todayIt was clear sometime ago that the Horseman's Group was the new kid on the block and now they are to control racing along with what is being called The Racecourse Group who will be thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=488658089#488658089BHA to cede powers to tracks and horsemen[/i]Howard Wright, RP todayIt was clear sometime ago that the Horseman's Group was the new kid on the block and now they are to control racing along with what is being called The Racecourse Group who will be tThu, 10 Mar 2011 04:47:10 -0600Thanks screaming.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=488572857#488572857Thanks screaming.Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:03:33 -0600Had a search, Feck, but the whole episode seems to have disappeared. I believe the BHB support might specifically have been over an increase in the number of slot machines to be allowed in LBOs, since the permission to allow them in the first place dhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/25420533/the-funding-crisis-in-horseracing?post_id=488553709#488553709Had a search, Feck, but the whole episode seems to have disappeared. I believe the BHB support might specifically have been over an increase in the number of slot machines to be allowed in LBOs, since the permission to allow them in the first place dWed, 09 Mar 2011 08:58:51 -0600