https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-221. Courses need more people to go to generate interest in racing so the free racedays?2. Hardened race fans dont want those not interested there making it a rowdy day out with no emphasis on the horse racing.So what do they do?Put the free crowd outhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814398#430814398why doesn't some course announce that it will have a family day one weekend with the public bars closed. just imagine a racecourse full of true racegoers as well as racegoers of the future, and no drunks in sight. the course could still have a bar foSat, 01 May 2010 02:03:44 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814394#430814394Is the best way to catch the "true racing fan" by staging booze-free days? Also eliminates the p155heads, thugs and their dreadful womenfolk.Admission and food prices also need a thorough reality check. Eight quid for a burger? Shooting themselves inSat, 01 May 2010 01:49:27 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814390#430814390The biggest Catch 22 is that racing is now funded to a great degree by the BHA being in cahoots with the off course books to extract as much from punters as possible. So more and more difficult and unappealing races are being put on. This link needsSat, 01 May 2010 01:45:34 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814386#430814386Quantize - with a lot of races at the smaller tracks, winning one race a year does not cover a month's training. With horse travel, vets fees and other costs it is pretty much £20k per year to keep a horse in training. You could easily win 5 races iFri, 30 Apr 2010 17:13:32 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814382#430814382A 'True Racing Fan' area may be the solution.Ascot is huge just like Cheltenham and can get away with free entry to specific parts of the course.Racing is no different to other sports though. Snooker is another that has suffered from lower interest.WFri, 30 Apr 2010 17:01:28 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814378#430814378Well off topic but this Racing for change crowd should look at how hard it is now to watch replays of some of the great races on the likes of Youtube. RUK have got some of the great battles taking down. Stateside's the race are put up straight away fFri, 30 Apr 2010 16:39:20 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814374#430814374Should read ... special "True Racing Fan" enclosure.Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:35:51 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814370#430814370Good point Quantize.Reading the threads it appears that:1. If you charge a higher price and throw in an extra enterntainment - this puts off the true racing fan.2. If you let people in for free and get people for whom racing is not their main interesFri, 30 Apr 2010 16:34:30 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814366#430814366have to say Ascot on wednesday was very civilised, free RP, free racecard and coffee - lot of families and they did try to entertain / explain. I'm normally the grumpiest ******* about but I was taking peoples' pictures for them - my wife thought I'Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:34:07 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23902606/racing-for-change---catch-22?post_id=430814362#430814362doncaster today reminded why i dont go to aintree on a fri anymore.Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:31:13 -0500