New Posts For Thread: Then and Now - Racing in 1990 and 2020https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020The idea of ‘Then and Now’ is to compare racing in 2020 against the sport as it was in 1990. I propose to write a piece each week throughout the year, contrasting the basics such as the fixture list, the racing program, the finances etc - but alsMarch Week TwoOr as it was then, just the plain ordinary week before the Cheltenham Festival. No preview evenings, no stable tours, no press days, no blogs on bookmaker websites, indeed no websites at all. Very few early entries, very few Irish trainhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558917731#558917731March Week TwoOr as it was then, just the plain ordinary week before the Cheltenham Festival. No preview evenings, no stable tours, no press days, no blogs on bookmaker websites, indeed no websites at all. Very few early entries, very few Irish trainSun, 01 Mar 2020 02:41:11 -0600Cricket loper?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558898089#558898089Cricket loper?Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:26:43 -0600I always enjoyed going in the middle at most racecourses but times have changed your not welcome there ,two seasons ago me and my wife were marched off the middle by heavy handed security at Warwick in fairness to the racecourse manager he was very ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558898025#558898025I always enjoyed going in the middle at most racecourses but times have changed your not welcome there ,two seasons ago me and my wife were marched off the middle by heavy handed security at Warwick in fairness to the racecourse manager he was very aWed, 26 Feb 2020 09:08:46 -0600Well said, loper.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558894921#558894921Well said, loper.Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:04:36 -0600I share that opinion of Perrett, and I suspect underrated because he never pushed himself forward. In fact, I've never met a jockey so laid back before or since, and if you see him nowadays in his role with the stable, he still looks as if he's halfhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558894731#558894731I share that opinion of Perrett, and I suspect underrated because he never pushed himself forward. In fact, I've never met a jockey so laid back before or since, and if you see him nowadays in his role with the stable, he still looks as if he's halfTue, 25 Feb 2020 12:21:12 -0600Having been away since Christmas it was a pleasure to come back to such an absorbing thread.In terms of the various points made regarding the difference between crowds then and now, my own experience is that then you were allowed virtually anywhere ohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558894421#558894421Having been away since Christmas it was a pleasure to come back to such an absorbing thread.In terms of the various points made regarding the difference between crowds then and now, my own experience is that then you were allowed virtually anywhere oTue, 25 Feb 2020 11:24:13 -0600It was the Hereford novices' chase which was the key. This was a horse who'd been running round the gaffs for years, had run dozens of times without winning, and had a reputation for being reluctant to race and refusing point-blank to put his head inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558885317#558885317It was the Hereford novices' chase which was the key. This was a horse who'd been running round the gaffs for years, had run dozens of times without winning, and had a reputation for being reluctant to race and refusing point-blank to put his head inSun, 23 Feb 2020 08:23:22 -0600I used to follow New Halen over a cliff ......but recall not backing him at the festival as he had no chance.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558884921#558884921I used to follow New Halen over a cliff ......but recall not backing him at the festival as he had no chance.Sun, 23 Feb 2020 06:32:27 -0600That Wetherby meeting you mention in Feb 1990 was indeed abandoned owing to snow. It also proved something of a revelation to Eddie Fremantle:As Smiley entered the Wetherby parade ring for the Askham Bryan Novices Handicap Hurdle, we nodded appreciathttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558884549#558884549That Wetherby meeting you mention in Feb 1990 was indeed abandoned owing to snow. It also proved something of a revelation to Eddie Fremantle:As Smiley entered the Wetherby parade ring for the Askham Bryan Novices Handicap Hurdle, we nodded appreciatSun, 23 Feb 2020 04:18:53 -0600New Halenhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31610929/then-and-now---racing-in-1990-and-2020?post_id=558884537#558884537New HalenSun, 23 Feb 2020 04:15:35 -0600