New Posts For Thread: Equine Decline - Economisthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economistUK horse racing gets a mention in this week’s The Economist.Horse-racingEquine declineThe sport is attracting fewer participants and smaller crowds. Why?The sport of kings is down on its luck. The best measure of the health of horse-racing is the aEquine decline…..£350.000 for gelded horses at the sale…..Zzzzzzzhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884913#562884913Equine decline…..£350.000 for gelded horses at the sale…..ZzzzzzzSat, 21 Jan 2023 04:49:56 -0600Affordability undoubtedly has a massive effect, but you can’t really blame them for not mentioning it yet when the bloody government can’t even decide what they are doing.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884759#562884759Affordability undoubtedly has a massive effect, but you can’t really blame them for not mentioning it yet when the bloody government can’t even decide what they are doing.Sat, 21 Jan 2023 03:30:48 -0600Blimey George struck a nerve did it?I think it was an appraisal of the sport itself and what the authorities are planning to do.The perception of animal welfare no doubt makes up attendees minds about going, as do individual calls whether to pull a hhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884753#562884753Blimey George struck a nerve did it?I think it was an appraisal of the sport itself and what the authorities are planning to do.The perception of animal welfare no doubt makes up attendees minds about going, as do individual calls whether to pull a hSat, 21 Jan 2023 03:27:44 -0600Did records really begin in 1995. I seem to have some form books dating back to the 1960s which I now presume are fakes.Seriously I am not prepared to try and work out what the average field size was in 1966 but I have a feeling it might well have behttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884747#562884747Did records really begin in 1995. I seem to have some form books dating back to the 1960s which I now presume are fakes.Seriously I am not prepared to try and work out what the average field size was in 1966 but I have a feeling it might well have beSat, 21 Jan 2023 03:26:19 -0600* one personhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884743#562884743* one personSat, 21 Jan 2023 03:24:31 -0600The article talks about funding yet fails to mention the outstanding threat to the sport - the powerful Westminster anti-gambling lobby and their prohibitionist pals at the GC who are actively seeking to destroy the sport through affordability checkshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884737#562884737The article talks about funding yet fails to mention the outstanding threat to the sport - the powerful Westminster anti-gambling lobby and their prohibitionist pals at the GC who are actively seeking to destroy the sport through affordability checksSat, 21 Jan 2023 03:22:05 -0600Racing rejoices as attendances boom over Christmas and new yearhttps://www.racingpost.com/news/racing-rejoices-as-attendances-boom-over-christmas-and-new-year/595734didn't the author want to mention this?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884687#562884687Racing rejoices as attendances boom over Christmas and new yearhttps://www.racingpost.com/news/racing-rejoices-as-attendances-boom-over-christmas-and-new-year/595734didn't the author want to mention this?Sat, 21 Jan 2023 03:05:24 -0600"the dry summer prevented many young horses from racing on hard ground"When did this happen please?Bath had to cancel some meetings, and there might have been one or two jumps fixtures lost, but with the watering and AW tracks, the opportunities werehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884679#562884679"the dry summer prevented many young horses from racing on hard ground"When did this happen please?Bath had to cancel some meetings, and there might have been one or two jumps fixtures lost, but with the watering and AW tracks, the opportunities wereSat, 21 Jan 2023 03:01:25 -0600climate changepandemicanimal-welfare concernspublic concerns about horses’ welfaregot the "buzz" words in therehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884667#562884667climate changepandemicanimal-welfare concernspublic concerns about horses’ welfaregot the "buzz" words in thereSat, 21 Jan 2023 02:58:56 -0600UK horse racing gets a mention in this week’s The Economist.Horse-racingEquine declineThe sport is attracting fewer participants and smaller crowds. Why?The sport of kings is down on its luck. The best measure of the health of horse-racing is the ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31789565/equine-decline---economist?post_id=562884633#562884633UK horse racing gets a mention in this week’s The Economist.Horse-racingEquine declineThe sport is attracting fewer participants and smaller crowds. Why?The sport of kings is down on its luck. The best measure of the health of horse-racing is the aSat, 21 Jan 2023 02:43:31 -0600