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So what was everyones fav track to go out for "The Craic" afterwards??
Heard Chester used to be good!! |
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york at the two big midweek meetings is still very lively zilzal.
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Folkestone for me
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Chester and me had a some great experiences, i used to stay in the Grosvenor every May meet, and they always had a dance thingy going on.
Some tales could be told i tell ye.. |
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newmarket craven still ok aswell.
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blackbarn
do you go often to folkestone. |
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Chelts is very friendly..
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Pity im not then Jimnast
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Last time i went to Cheltenham was with Loper, Janov, Acca, the Barnet Pedant and others
I was so drunk at the end of the night i couldnt even manage to operate a mobile phone to get a cab  |
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guinness
maybe age has got the better of me now but i find cheltenham ott,enjoy prestbury village but not the town anymore. |
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Jeez - Barnet Pedant, wtf happened to him ?
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zilzal we may have met i see quite a bit of loper in the winter.
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Dont know, he was around the 140 Timeform rating on sinking Pints though
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Jimnast, been dozens if not hundreds of times but less so of late, I guess it's the likes of me to blame. Take last night, I had a look in the morning but just couldn't get excited, feel awful now
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I don't go to the town, jim.. Last March i ended up in Ross...
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I havent been Jumping since about 06 Jimnast, flat mainly
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that would be in the royal oak and the plough zilzal.
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Yep, that was it, Janov was a great character as well
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blackbarn
i thought the crowd was dissapointing last night baring in mind the weather. |
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zilzal
that was the year i met him,but as my wife had ,had an accident on the monday night i spent a lot of the time at the hospital,however i did go with janov to the pub on the housing estate on the thursday night before detroit city won the triumph hurdle. |
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Must have been the final straw I guess.
Btw I've got a "u" not an "a", there is a blackbarn |
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I hadnt long returned from living abroad jim, it as the 06 Paddy power meeting when Exotic Dancer won the big un, Detroit City won the Greatwood the day after but i had to head home rather hungover
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close alot more dross down or just confine shyte class racing and tracks to non betting flat version of point to points,,,,less racing,more sponsors,more prizes,less shyte worthless jockies,less fixing to win £1000 race at folkstone,,,,
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Blackbarn is a Plumpton fan..
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Is he? I've only been there once, watching the novice chasers on the far side frightened the life out of me!
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Yep, i think he's a Sussex boy..
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My 1st taste of jumping was when Bula beat Tingle Creek in a match at Sandown
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sorry blackburn
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No problem at all
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Not a bad race to start with, zil..
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What an absolute scandal the BHA stance is on this matter! This should not be allowed to happen, this chipping away at UK horse racing. What, so just because Northern/Arena Racing are not making a worthwhile profit at these tracks, they decide to simply shut up shop? Maybe if they had put their hands in their own pockets and start putting more of the monies they receive from ATR, Levy & the rip off admission's they charge at their tracks, back into the Prize Money. They would have got better quality horses turning up. I'm not paying £15.00 to watch racing with the highlight of the day's card being a class 6 handicap! What an absolute bunch of jokers these people who run Northern/Area racing are.
The bigger tracks should be worried about this situation. It's like a big Football team that doesn't have a youth team to bring their up and coming young players through, before they are ready for the big time. |
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jimnast do the bookies who have pitchs at herford
just lose all their investment are do they recieve any compensation at all when courses close |
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mr crisp
i dont know for sure but i would very much doubt they would get any compansation. whippin great post mate your spot on. |
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I don't disagree with the comments made by Whippin Piccadilly however I think an even bigger issue is having so many tracks under a single ownership.
Add to that the fact that the group owners can keep the fixtures and move them to other tracks they own and it is inevitable that tracks wlll close. Can the BHA not link ownership of fixtures to tracks rather than to the owners of tracks. At least that would make each track try and stay open until it was completely unviable. In the current situation you would be better off financially if you were to close a marginally profitable track and spread the fixtures around others you own. That can't be good for the sport. |
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Mr Crisp/Jimnast - If a racecourse closes you do your money a a bookmaker.
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davy you do your money at hereford when they race joint worst figures in the country along with worcester.
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similar stories popping up elsewhere..track closures by the ton in Canada..i agree with fixtures been linked to tracks not owners..real incentive to close tracks and pass on fixtures to more viable tracks..then again i dont expect anything less from BHA in their response..they have lost control of most of british racing..the rubens been accused of glossin over the real truth in hereford..what slime they are...they have a 17year lease left..is it paid for ..will it be paid..i would charge them 10 fold for compensation...they are also holdin folkstone council to ransom...then again what do we expect in this day and age of greed and slime ball politics...
http://www.thespec.com/sports/article/769487--horse-racing-industry-offers-alternative-plan |
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I will happily have even 20 grand that folkestone makes money with anybody bar the reuben brothers.
Its costs tuppence to put racing on there and for at least half the fixtures they get colossal crowds. This is posturing of the highest order by are/nr. |
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if we think about this by looking at the bigger picture , it starts to unwind a little and from these low grade tracks closing come job loses , we then move on to the breeders more job loses ,horse transporters more job loses , feed companies again job loses , you can see were this is heading ..overall the loss to the industry is not just the closing of the tracks ..its the effects it has all the way down the chain...
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It was only a matter of time before this pernicious lot, backed by the Reuben Brothers, started to close racecourses that weren't providing them with a substantial return on their investments.
They have no interest in racing other than as a means of lining their pockets. They are closing these racecourses as a threat to the planning authorities at Folkestone and the local council at Hereford. Their bully boy tactics show that the fabric of racing means nothing to them and the sooner Nicky Henderson and his wealthy pals put their hands in their pockets and their money where their mouths are and buy the Reuben brothers out, the sooner the future of racing at the grassroots can be put on a firmer footing. Left to their own devices, every turf track owned by AL/NR will be closed down for development and all the fixtures either sold as far as jumping is concerned, or transferred to the all weather for the flat. |