Where the hell is everybody?

Where the hell is everybody?

what do i do now? 21 Feb 24 16:29 

I haven't been on here for years!



But you expected everyone else to still be here?

Spot on Sparrow....hilarious from OP

Everyone had enough probably if today is anything to go by. Just had a 12.01 race at Oxford followed by a 12.02 race at Sheffield.....not another race for 15 minutes now.....you couldnt make it up

Just watched a race at Monmore on the ATR site and a good battle round the last bend so the camera blots it out with some dogs walking round at another track. Bunch of idiots running this show.

Every dog I used to back should appear on the Channel 5 programme Dogs Behaving Very Badly.

cant speak for others but far too much racing, 415 red button channel is sh1t (no record facility just incredible imo), arc track videos not available, greyhounds today site down regularly, RP site displaying inaccurate info, cant get a PDF racecard some tracks

and that's just for stay at home punter never mind on track, owners etc

The 415 "service" is absolute pony, and the tracks now shown on RTV are of no interest to me whatsoever . I've practically given up betting on dogs now and my main interest, namely trap challenges, are not viable to me now either so I've completely stopped doing them after 40 years.

So that leaves me with going to the top competitions at Crayford and I'll start going to Hove again as well for their category ones every now and then. The Saturday afternoon meetings at Crayford are going to be a regular thing for me now going to the track which I'm pleased about. Not graded only though obviously.

I personally feel it is being run into the ground on purpose.....those in charge want greyhound racing and horse racing gone

It probably is being run into the ground on purpose. But what would make it better?

Less racing
Better access to videos and form

The big question is: Can the sport be revived?

form and videos have never been more available for free....less racing is a no brainer...for all but the bookmakers...

Poor coverage  in the papers .

but free videos and race cards from most tracks and unlimited form on line......

I’m talking about daily newspapers like the mail the star the express and the mirror very poor coverage

Basic race cards

Online doesn’t reach out to everybody

OK but that form was always poor in the good old days.....not sure how bus timetables would encourage people to go racing...it is totally different class now to what we was paying for the videos and decent cards were life or post ahead of the race day......

all tracks should be racing fri or sat night or both
mon-thurs 2 morning 2 afternoon 3 evening is ample, extra meeting(s) fri-sun is arguable
forget about newspapers they are done
there needs to be big social media presence + tech needs to be up to date, accessible etc
red button coverage on 415 & no TV coverage of the sport's flagship event bar final night...there are no words to describe how much of a sh1tshow this is

didn't have a clue where to watch derby tonight

then told Ayozat TV

186 sky