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Although the list of horses totalled 107 at the confirmation stage, the Weatherbys Printing Handicap over five furlongs for three-year-olds is at risk under a three-month experiment by the British Horseracing Authority as it has only attracted 10 entries.
The fast-track qualifier for the All-Weather Championships has also been reopened until Tuesday morning after receiving just nine entries.
Nevertheless, there is great anticipation at Chelmsford City after the British Horseracing Authority made its final inspection on Monday morning.
"Our initial reaction is that we're very pleased so many owners and trainers have decided to support our first meeting," said Chelmsford chairman Joe Scanlon.
"We've put good prize-money up for our first meeting, in excess of #70,000.
"The BHA inspectors were here this morning for the final inspection.
"They have been very helpful and we're pleased we've now got to a point where they are happy we can race on Sunday.
"It's a nervous time and I'll be pleased when it's Sunday evening."
The first meeting is for invited guests and competition winners only and is designed to test facilities.
Racegoers will not have to wait long for the second of 58 scheduled fixtures in 2015 as the next one is a twilight meeting on January 22.
Racing briefly took place at the same venue under the name of Great Leighs from April 2008 until it went into administration the following January.
Few more bob into BaldFreds coffers !
The fast-track qualifier for the All-Weather Championships has also been reopened until Tuesday morning after receiving just nine entries.
Nevertheless, there is great anticipation at Chelmsford City after the British Horseracing Authority made its final inspection on Monday morning.
"Our initial reaction is that we're very pleased so many owners and trainers have decided to support our first meeting," said Chelmsford chairman Joe Scanlon.
"We've put good prize-money up for our first meeting, in excess of #70,000.
"The BHA inspectors were here this morning for the final inspection.
"They have been very helpful and we're pleased we've now got to a point where they are happy we can race on Sunday.
"It's a nervous time and I'll be pleased when it's Sunday evening."
The first meeting is for invited guests and competition winners only and is designed to test facilities.
Racegoers will not have to wait long for the second of 58 scheduled fixtures in 2015 as the next one is a twilight meeting on January 22.
Racing briefly took place at the same venue under the name of Great Leighs from April 2008 until it went into administration the following January.
Few more bob into BaldFreds coffers !
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the track/surface was good with a couple of nice long straights and fair bends,looking forward to seeing a few from gosden,cumani etc.
only downside that knob jockey thompson will probably be in attendance working for atr. |
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Had a read of this earlier on, £70,000 odd is decent enough money on offer. Good luck to them.
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The track was/is form wise useless just like ffos las give it a wide bearth
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only expecting an attendance of 500....sunday is NOT open to the general public , just invited guests
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Was invited to the first ever great leighs meeting, I only live 10 min away. No invite this time tho
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@adge -- only expecting an attendance of 500....sunday is NOT open to the general public , just invited guests
Will there be bookmakers, or will there be a so-called industry sp? |
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There won't be any BOOKMAKERS at any of the meetings..
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8 in attendance on Sunday
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Great Leighs seemed a fair track, as above hoping the big Newmarket yards send some good ones' !
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I hope and expect it to be a rip-roaring success!
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Think it will be Northy, very surprised B D not getting a ''pitch!''
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Indeed!
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BD not getting a pitch was scandalous, he lives 10 min away and has 40 years exp, , but Baldie has he's own agenda
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yes , ramruna ,
as posted there will be eight bookmakers present on sunday. the same eight will attend all days racing there [ with an occasional substitute ], one or two are competitive but the racecourse invited the bookmakers [ their choice ] , there was no auction for position which was the norm on all other courses |
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He does indeed mate, a wholly nasty piece of work !
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barry dennis would have been major competitiom to the lucky bookmaker awarded the prime corner pitch or number one.
no reason was given for his omission from the invited list or even the reserve list. we can only speculate. |
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Adge, not able to throw any light on my exclusion, wrote to Mr F Done and Mr J Scanlon , Mr done did not reply, Mr Scanlon said, "there were 40 applications which made it difficult to pick the most suitable" remember the original criteria locality and experience , however, a friend asked Mr Scanlon about me not being suitable, he replied, "Mr HOLMES said I wouldn't pay his asking price at orinal official opening "
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is that a reason that you understand barry , bearing in mind that one chosen local bookmaker lives around 90 minutes away
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SP returns should make interesting reading.
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Can't be any worse than Lingfield yesterday. Prices like 11/8, 13/8, 15/8, 11/2, 13/2 have completely disappeared lately. Must be three men and a dog betting there!
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Didn't go
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2 of those men would be office agents.
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Shotgun entered Sat Hal....................
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Have you packed yet adge for your next vacation ? Regarding Chelmsford perhaps it needs to be borne in mind the 'operators' will be in situ for twelve months only and thereafter the much criticised selection process will be replaced by an 'open auction'. It is to be hoped this new venture proves to be successful without being too detrimental to other racecourses.
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fly to Atlanta the day after tomorrow , democrat , back early march. take advantage of me missing huntingdon
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Huntingdon ? In small doses adge ! Ok - if you were not off on yet another hol. what meetings would you attend if any ?
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just wetherby on jan 10 and 31...nothing in feb
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adge • January 6, 2015 12:26 PM GMT
fly to Atlanta the day after tomorrow , democrat , back early march. take advantage of me missing huntingdon Remember driving from Savannah to Atlanta in 1993, the first time I ever went to the United States. Interstate 16, 6 lanes going in, 6 lanes coming out! Wow! |
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Glad you found the lanes going in Norfolk no so sure about the lanes coming out !
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You know you don't mean it!
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Local bet fred shops are laying on transport and free admission from local shops in the essex area .... all you have to do is put your name down
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