New Posts For Thread: 409 entries for Bath races on Good Friday thanks to minimum purse of £26,000 per racehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-racehow it should be across the board with fixtures thinned downTwo of those Bath races would pay for the whole day and more at Thirsk today. Who says those running the sport don't have a clue?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563056089#563056089Two of those Bath races would pay for the whole day and more at Thirsk today. Who says those running the sport don't have a clue?Tue, 04 Apr 2023 04:33:20 -0500Arena Racing Company (Arc) hopes the decision to invest £1.6 million in prize-money on Good Friday will help its three meetings to buck the trends of falling attendances and field sizes.The racecourse group stages the All-Weather Championships finalhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563056083#563056083Arena Racing Company (Arc) hopes the decision to invest £1.6 million in prize-money on Good Friday will help its three meetings to buck the trends of falling attendances and field sizes.The racecourse group stages the All-Weather Championships finalTue, 04 Apr 2023 04:29:31 -0500tbf strontium, I think that will appeal to a lot of small punters.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563054405#563054405tbf strontium, I think that will appeal to a lot of small punters.Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:24:23 -0500Bookmakers will be delighted with the big fields, but otherwise just a one off gimmick.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563054353#563054353Bookmakers will be delighted with the big fields, but otherwise just a one off gimmick.Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:46:57 -0500Presumably they'll also end up with very compressed handicaps because of the number of entries - so we'll effectively get class 6 conditions races. Is anyone crying out to watch that? Damned if they do, damned if they don't.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563054329#563054329Presumably they'll also end up with very compressed handicaps because of the number of entries - so we'll effectively get class 6 conditions races. Is anyone crying out to watch that? Damned if they do, damned if they don't.Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:36:42 -0500Its great prize money. We seem to go from one extreme to the other. £26k for two 0-55s and a 0-52. Those three races would have been the prizemoney for 15 low grade races on the AW.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563054321#563054321Its great prize money. We seem to go from one extreme to the other. £26k for two 0-55s and a 0-52. Those three races would have been the prizemoney for 15 low grade races on the AW.Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:29:22 -0500Could be a fair bit fewer than that - a lot are double entered in the Irish Grand National.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563054301#563054301Could be a fair bit fewer than that - a lot are double entered in the Irish Grand National.Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:59:45 -0500Ant no more than 57 wish to win a million pounds in the watered down 21st century Grand National..................https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563054265#563054265Ant no more than 57 wish to win a million pounds in the watered down 21st century Grand National..................Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:35:11 -0500Fair play to them. If they can attract 406 entries for that firm ground dump, imagine what decent racecourses ought to be able to do.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563054257#563054257Fair play to them. If they can attract 406 entries for that firm ground dump, imagine what decent racecourses ought to be able to do.Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:23:59 -0500how it should be across the board with fixtures thinned downhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31797953/409-entries-for-bath-races-on-good-friday-thanks-to-minimum-purse-of-26000-per-race?post_id=563053779#563053779how it should be across the board with fixtures thinned downSun, 02 Apr 2023 14:42:44 -0500