New Posts For Thread: Racing's last hurrah...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrahAre the BHA plain out of touch? Perhaps they are stupid, or perhaps they simply don't know what to do? But after 50 years of betting and following racing - since I was 12 - I cannot remember the sport in such trouble. In no order of 'preference' theIt does test your suspension reg but we get used to it and know where the worst dips are.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562063753#562063753It does test your suspension reg but we get used to it and know where the worst dips are.Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:31:42 -0500Cheers LongbridgeAhead of the game, the Yanks.Ahead of us at least.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562062189#562062189Cheers LongbridgeAhead of the game, the Yanks.Ahead of us at least.Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:26:10 -0500Sageform, exactly that route, can't think of a worse surface anywhereI wouldn't want to drive an expensive car along it, it's OK for my old vanhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562062081#562062081Sageform, exactly that route, can't think of a worse surface anywhereI wouldn't want to drive an expensive car along it, it's OK for my old vanMon, 28 Mar 2022 13:39:01 -0500@thelatarps"As for the States and their 40k maidens, one imagines that the racecourse has a monopoly on the wagering. So a good proportion of it can get ploughed back into prize money.Maybe with the liberalisation of bookmaking in certain states overhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562061745#562061745@thelatarps"As for the States and their 40k maidens, one imagines that the racecourse has a monopoly on the wagering. So a good proportion of it can get ploughed back into prize money.Maybe with the liberalisation of bookmaking in certain states overMon, 28 Mar 2022 11:23:33 -0500Did you use the Shapwick-Westhay road Reg? we have to keep it bumpy to reduce the rat runnershttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562060961#562060961Did you use the Shapwick-Westhay road Reg? we have to keep it bumpy to reduce the rat runnersMon, 28 Mar 2022 07:11:45 -0500Onlooker, neither, it's a bird wildlife place on the Somerset levels where I know sageform frequents, as do I myselfIronically, it is also a back route to avoid Glastonbury traffic when the festival is onhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562060321#562060321Onlooker, neither, it's a bird wildlife place on the Somerset levels where I know sageform frequents, as do I myselfIronically, it is also a back route to avoid Glastonbury traffic when the festival is onSun, 27 Mar 2022 15:39:10 -0500Horseracing must not be run to suit or pander to bookies; bookies are dictating how horseracing is run. If in doubt look at the potential sponsors not wanting to be tarnished with the same brush as the fobt peddlers. Until the BHA grasp this realityhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562060295#562060295Horseracing must not be run to suit or pander to bookies; bookies are dictating how horseracing is run. If in doubt look at the potential sponsors not wanting to be tarnished with the same brush as the fobt peddlers. Until the BHA grasp this realitySun, 27 Mar 2022 15:28:47 -0500Was that a reconnoitrer - or dummy run - for the forthcoming Glastonbury - Reg ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562060289#562060289Was that a reconnoitrer - or dummy run - for the forthcoming Glastonbury - Reg ?Sun, 27 Mar 2022 15:26:59 -0500Sage, spot on about the flat having no "cheaper" alternative, like ptp for us jumps fansCan't see how this can be resolved anytime soonBtw, had a trip out to Shapwick the other morning, lovely weather, and gave my shock absorbers a nice workout gettihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562060245#562060245Sage, spot on about the flat having no "cheaper" alternative, like ptp for us jumps fansCan't see how this can be resolved anytime soonBtw, had a trip out to Shapwick the other morning, lovely weather, and gave my shock absorbers a nice workout gettiSun, 27 Mar 2022 15:10:19 -0500I understand that if betting is allowed on races, there have to be strict rules and essential costs of security and so on. The beauty of point to points is that they are available to those on a much lower budget and, although there are rules, they dohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31750909/racings-last-hurrah?post_id=562060221#562060221I understand that if betting is allowed on races, there have to be strict rules and essential costs of security and so on. The beauty of point to points is that they are available to those on a much lower budget and, although there are rules, they doSun, 27 Mar 2022 15:02:32 -0500