New Posts For Thread: RIP British horse racinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racingTrying to complete your tick list of visiting all 60 British racecourses (61 for July Course pedants)? You'd better get moving.Racing’s ‘leaders’ are not just fiddling while Rome burns, they are running around chucking buckets of fuel on thethis plan would of worked, but hes just 10-15 too late LOL, bookmakers do not need horse racing or greyhounds racing anymore, game over afraid, shut the stable door horse bolted and just fight it out for the crumbsif he could get them 4 arcade machinhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472210921#472210921this plan would of worked, but hes just 10-15 too late LOL, bookmakers do not need horse racing or greyhounds racing anymore, game over afraid, shut the stable door horse bolted and just fight it out for the crumbsif he could get them 4 arcade machinSat, 30 Oct 2010 02:59:51 -0500But what do we get today from those in charge? More bluster, grandstanding and empty threats. Racing survived foot and mouth, whether it will survive foot in mouth is another matter.Very goodhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472209701#472209701But what do we get today from those in charge? More bluster, grandstanding and empty threats. Racing survived foot and mouth, whether it will survive foot in mouth is another matter.Very goodSat, 30 Oct 2010 02:29:40 -0500Disagree, IS. Steeplechasing’s normally got something worth reading but that's a load of nonsense.Unless another sport comes along that can organise itself to have a betting event every 10 mins or so throughout the week the prognosis above is absuhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472159233#472159233Disagree, IS. Steeplechasing’s normally got something worth reading but that's a load of nonsense.Unless another sport comes along that can organise itself to have a betting event every 10 mins or so throughout the week the prognosis above is absuFri, 29 Oct 2010 16:07:11 -0500You can see what the off course mantra of more races did to dog racing. They even managed to destroy one of the most popular bets for the masses(f/c doubles) by steadily increasing the number of races per meeting and then adding extra ones.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472104245#472104245You can see what the off course mantra of more races did to dog racing. They even managed to destroy one of the most popular bets for the masses(f/c doubles) by steadily increasing the number of races per meeting and then adding extra ones.Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:52:22 -0500If there are 6 meetings on a day, do you play at all 6? Or do you concentrate only on 1 or 2? If 1,2, or 3 were eliminated what difference would it make to you? How likely is it that you would be prepared to lose twice as much given twice as many meehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472103513#472103513If there are 6 meetings on a day, do you play at all 6? Or do you concentrate only on 1 or 2? If 1,2, or 3 were eliminated what difference would it make to you? How likely is it that you would be prepared to lose twice as much given twice as many meeFri, 29 Oct 2010 08:43:52 -0500A correctly managed reduction in fixtures would doubtfully reduce the levy, the higher the quality of racing the more money would be bet.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472102697#472102697A correctly managed reduction in fixtures would doubtfully reduce the levy, the higher the quality of racing the more money would be bet.Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:36:19 -0500If you reduce fixtures do you not reduce levy?If there are 6 meetings on a day, do you play at all 6? Or do you concentrate only on 1 or 2? If 1,2, or 3 were eliminated what difference would it make to you? How likely is it that you would be preparedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472102389#472102389If you reduce fixtures do you not reduce levy?If there are 6 meetings on a day, do you play at all 6? Or do you concentrate only on 1 or 2? If 1,2, or 3 were eliminated what difference would it make to you? How likely is it that you would be preparedFri, 29 Oct 2010 08:32:51 -0500There has to be a optimum amount of fixtures though, we've tried saturation as is seen and indeed turns many gamblers away, there was a good piece on "The tyranny of choice" over products recently where it was shown that there is a certain number whehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472101581#472101581There has to be a optimum amount of fixtures though, we've tried saturation as is seen and indeed turns many gamblers away, there was a good piece on "The tyranny of choice" over products recently where it was shown that there is a certain number wheFri, 29 Oct 2010 08:25:25 -0500If you reduce fixtures do you not reduce levy? What you save on prizes would not be available to put in elsewhere because you haven't generated any levy. It's an ever decreasing circle and more often than not the bad fixtures are, in profit versushttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472099401#472099401If you reduce fixtures do you not reduce levy? What you save on prizes would not be available to put in elsewhere because you haven't generated any levy. It's an ever decreasing circle and more often than not the bad fixtures are, in profit versusFri, 29 Oct 2010 08:03:09 -0500Good read Steeplechasing. Pleasure to find interesting threads for a change.However, I'd like to argue with your conclusion a little. Perhaps the number of courses is part of the problem and a reduction in the numbers might be overall part of the solhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26153285/rip-british-horse-racing?post_id=472093497#472093497Good read Steeplechasing. Pleasure to find interesting threads for a change.However, I'd like to argue with your conclusion a little. Perhaps the number of courses is part of the problem and a reduction in the numbers might be overall part of the solFri, 29 Oct 2010 06:58:51 -0500