give the jumpers 1 day a week ffs, there are days in the winter with 3/4 a/w cards on same afternoon/evening
where is it stated that the jumps season ends in may?
i'm not saying you are wrong but have never seen this mentioned anywhere, i assumed it was the end of april, ie when the jockey/trainers champions are decided and the new ones begin?
with regards the fixtures, it just seems daft having a flat race every 5-10 mins some days 5 or 6 domestic meetings and then none at all on a sunday with 3 jumps meets.
The winter is the official time for the aw championship and of course there is no turf flat racing at all for months then whereas jumps fixtures are throughout the year.
I don't think people asking for a domestic flat meeting at the end of may is unreasonable!
May 24, 2015 -- 1:42PM, stridingedge wrote:
wondersobrightwhere is it stated that the jumps season ends in may?i'm not saying you are wrong but have never seen this mentioned anywhere, i assumed it was the end of april, ie when the jockey/trainers champions are decided and the new ones begin?with regards the fixtures, it just seems daft having a flat race every 5-10 mins some days 5 or 6 domestic meetings and then none at all on a sunday with 3 jumps meets.The winter is the official time for the aw championship and of course there is no turf flat racing at all for months then whereas jumps fixtures are throughout the year.I don't think people asking for a domestic flat meeting at the end of may is unreasonable!
Steeple chasing and hurdle racing
3.1 The Jump Season runs in any year from the first day after the Sandown Park Gold Cup Meeting is programmed until the final day that meeting is programmed in the following year.
3.2 The Jump Season runs in 2014/2015 from April 27th, 2014 up to and including April 25th, 2015.
3.3 The Jump Season runs in 2015/2016 from April, 26th, 2015 up to and including April 23rd, 2016.
officially it ends in april but may is the traditional end of the season (stratford hunter chase card)
officially the jockeys championship is may to october but we all know the season is doncaster to doncaster
I don't think people asking for a domestic flat meeting at the end of may is unreasonable
I agree, but fixture scheduling never has and never will conform to the realms of common sense
May 24, 2015 -- 1:52PM, stridingedge wrote:
cheers Darlo what i thought, just wondered if i wasn't aware of something.
For some strange reason, I always thought that Sedgefield happened to be the first jumps meet of the season, so your post intrigued me to find the real answer.
Cannot comprehend why he is so keen on 'Dog racing'.
Just got some old Diaries out from 1988, 89, and 90
Following the/this Bank Holiday weekend - Meetings at ...
1988
May 31 - Tues - Uttoxeter
June 3 - Fri - Stratford
June 4 - Sat - Stratford Market, Rasen
1989
Same as above - ending on Saturday - June 3
1990
May 29 - Tues - Uttoxeter
May 30 - Wed - Cartmel
June 1 - Fri - Stratford
June 2 - Sat - Stratford, Market Rasen
