New Posts For Thread: Why do you pay to go to the races?https://community.betfair.com/guineas2011/go/thread/view/121617/28084725/why-do-you-pay-to-go-to-the-racesIt may sound like a stupid question but I can't understand why anone would pay 25GBP or similar to watch horse races. It's a bit different for the festivals but for regular day to day horse racing it seems insane. I know in almost every North AmericaI pay because the courses charge us! We (mrs TM and I) pay for an annual pass with "Go Racing in Yorkshire" which gives us access to 179 meetings per year for £510 ish. I think that's good value.The reason I actually go to the races is to get a lookhttps://community.betfair.com/guineas2011/go/thread/view/121617/28084725/why-do-you-pay-to-go-to-the-races?post_id=505359417#505359417I pay because the courses charge us! We (mrs TM and I) pay for an annual pass with "Go Racing in Yorkshire" which gives us access to 179 meetings per year for £510 ish. I think that's good value.The reason I actually go to the races is to get a lookTue, 16 Aug 2011 10:11:09 -0500sport of kings run by a bunch of walleyshttps://community.betfair.com/guineas2011/go/thread/view/121617/28084725/why-do-you-pay-to-go-to-the-races?post_id=503966667#503966667sport of kings run by a bunch of walleysMon, 01 Aug 2011 11:50:21 -0500Simply put - in North America horse racing is dying and the tracks (and racing commissions) do what they can to entice people to go to the track instead of the OTBs. In the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, France etc. horse racing is still seen as a socialhttps://community.betfair.com/guineas2011/go/thread/view/121617/28084725/why-do-you-pay-to-go-to-the-races?post_id=503944395#503944395Simply put - in North America horse racing is dying and the tracks (and racing commissions) do what they can to entice people to go to the track instead of the OTBs. In the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, France etc. horse racing is still seen as a socialSun, 31 Jul 2011 21:08:54 -0500only go to racing where two for one of 30%off never paid full price ever always codes around if you know where to lookhttps://community.betfair.com/guineas2011/go/thread/view/121617/28084725/why-do-you-pay-to-go-to-the-races?post_id=503917781#503917781only go to racing where two for one of 30%off never paid full price ever always codes around if you know where to lookSun, 31 Jul 2011 09:40:44 -0500It's a complex situation. While you have a tote monopoly, where some/all of the profits are re-invested back into the sport, we have on and off course bookmakers which re-invest as little as they can get away with back into the sport and keep the prohttps://community.betfair.com/guineas2011/go/thread/view/121617/28084725/why-do-you-pay-to-go-to-the-races?post_id=503907541#503907541It's a complex situation. While you have a tote monopoly, where some/all of the profits are re-invested back into the sport, we have on and off course bookmakers which re-invest as little as they can get away with back into the sport and keep the proSun, 31 Jul 2011 04:15:18 -0500It may sound like a stupid question but I can't understand why anone would pay 25GBP or similar to watch horse races. It's a bit different for the festivals but for regular day to day horse racing it seems insane. I know in almost every North Americahttps://community.betfair.com/guineas2011/go/thread/view/121617/28084725/why-do-you-pay-to-go-to-the-races?post_id=503894749#503894749It may sound like a stupid question but I can't understand why anone would pay 25GBP or similar to watch horse races. It's a bit different for the festivals but for regular day to day horse racing it seems insane. I know in almost every North AmericaSat, 30 Jul 2011 18:18:27 -0500