New Posts For Thread: Chelmsford .... come onhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-onAgain i was at chelmsford tonight and to me the numbers are getting smaller every week ..... tonight Mark Johnstons wife was interviewed by "thommo"and she said the kickback was as worse as it gets .... lots of non runners making 6and7 runner fieldsLife-Lucky 16 Oct 15 12:38 Betting shops don't seem as popular as they used to be. Maybe the driving force is online betting. Let's be honest, how many people spend their evenings in a betting shop these days?in north east an average of 0-2 per shophttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546536833#546536833Life-Lucky 16 Oct 15 12:38 Betting shops don't seem as popular as they used to be. Maybe the driving force is online betting. Let's be honest, how many people spend their evenings in a betting shop these days?in north east an average of 0-2 per shopFri, 16 Oct 2015 09:04:33 -0500Probably a combination of both tbh. The fact remains that the bookmaker driven authority than runs the sport will continue to persist with the policy of trying to increase the amount of racing beyond saturation point in the vague hope that the fall ihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546536383#546536383Probably a combination of both tbh. The fact remains that the bookmaker driven authority than runs the sport will continue to persist with the policy of trying to increase the amount of racing beyond saturation point in the vague hope that the fall iFri, 16 Oct 2015 08:00:41 -0500Betting shops don't seem as popular as they used to be. Maybe the driving force is online betting. Let's be honest, how many people spend their evenings in a betting shop these days?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546535755#546535755Betting shops don't seem as popular as they used to be. Maybe the driving force is online betting. Let's be honest, how many people spend their evenings in a betting shop these days?Fri, 16 Oct 2015 06:38:16 -0500It's the same as Wolverhampton's old polytrack. Surface not good enough so instead of spending a few quid and putting down a new surface thet add bits of synthetics to the already s--t surface. Short-term solution, but they will have to change it evehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546535383#546535383It's the same as Wolverhampton's old polytrack. Surface not good enough so instead of spending a few quid and putting down a new surface thet add bits of synthetics to the already s--t surface. Short-term solution, but they will have to change it eveFri, 16 Oct 2015 05:47:13 -0500Such meetings are not for spectators. When Musselburgh were applying for permission for AW racing I asked Bill Farnsworth who would come to it on a Winter evening. He said that they would not expect more than 400 and that the meetings were for the behttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546535267#546535267Such meetings are not for spectators. When Musselburgh were applying for permission for AW racing I asked Bill Farnsworth who would come to it on a Winter evening. He said that they would not expect more than 400 and that the meetings were for the beFri, 16 Oct 2015 05:25:06 -0500feels like a glorified dog track mixed in with a J D Wetherspoons atmosphere...synthetic rubbishhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546535159#546535159feels like a glorified dog track mixed in with a J D Wetherspoons atmosphere...synthetic rubbishFri, 16 Oct 2015 05:07:53 -0500For a new build, CC is pretty weird. Of the courses I've been to, its got probably the worst view of the track.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546535007#546535007For a new build, CC is pretty weird. Of the courses I've been to, its got probably the worst view of the track.Fri, 16 Oct 2015 04:36:39 -0500Foxy,the course is owned by a bookmaker.(The organization that determines the fixture list is headed by an ex bookmaker but that's probably just a coincidence.)https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546534995#546534995Foxy,the course is owned by a bookmaker.(The organization that determines the fixture list is headed by an ex bookmaker but that's probably just a coincidence.)Fri, 16 Oct 2015 04:34:59 -0500how did an unproven track get so many fixtures in the first place ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546534367#546534367how did an unproven track get so many fixtures in the first place ?Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:01:19 -0500The BHA wants wall to wall racing. Chelmsford City is helping to provide it.It isn't about racegoers it is about providing a product to keep punters in the betting shops in the evenings in order to lose money on racing,other sports and the FOBTs.Nickhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30601485/chelmsford-come-on?post_id=546532675#546532675The BHA wants wall to wall racing. Chelmsford City is helping to provide it.It isn't about racegoers it is about providing a product to keep punters in the betting shops in the evenings in order to lose money on racing,other sports and the FOBTs.NickThu, 15 Oct 2015 17:07:42 -0500