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Flat racing in England on a bank holiday Sunday?

metro john

24 May 15 08:30

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Where is it?, could someone tell the race planners they may wish too consider the option.

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mange When: 24 May 15 08:34

your better off wivout it

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metro john When: 24 May 15 08:43

So boring this jumps stuff, have had my winters full, is this the flat season or am I missing something?

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metro john When: 24 May 15 08:44

Night racing saturdays , bugger all on Sundays wtf

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metro john When: 24 May 15 08:47

Gotta tune into the Irish too Watch The AOB weekly pick up of givaway prizemoney(borin boring boring)

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metro john When: 24 May 15 11:11

Sundays just being used too promote jumps racing? WTF

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metro john When: 24 May 15 11:14

Could have raced at Wolverhampton today.

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sparrow When: 24 May 15 11:15

Been like this on Sundays for a few years now. 3 jump meetings only in the flat season is clearly ridiculous.

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stridingedge When: 24 May 15 11:17

sunday's pretty much a day off for flatties now

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metro john When: 24 May 15 11:22

I would rather them not race on midweek nights and have 4 on a sunday, give the betting office staff a break etc, but the fobts(fruit machines) keep them at work til 22:00 at night now, what a fecking joke.

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metro john When: 24 May 15 11:24

Who would work in a bookies now?

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metro john When: 24 May 15 11:25

22:00 finish cashing up for 20mins home by 23:00, poor buggers.

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metro john When: 24 May 15 11:28

Idiotic race plannig is in no one s interest, especially trainers of flat horses.

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wondersobright When: 24 May 15 13:20

the jumps season doesn't end until the end of may
give the jumpers 1 day a week ffs, there are days in the winter with 3/4 a/w cards on same afternoon/evening

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sageform When: 24 May 15 13:23

Irish and French Group races so that takes care of the top jockeys.

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stridingedge When: 24 May 15 13:42

wondersobright

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!

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Darlo Bantam When: 24 May 15 13:46

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.

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stridingedge When: 24 May 15 13:52

cheers Darlo what i thought, just wondered if i wasn't aware of something.

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wondersobright When: 24 May 15 13:53

striding edge
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

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stridingedge When: 24 May 15 13:54

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Darlo Bantam When: 24 May 15 13:54

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.

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onlooker When: 24 May 15 13:57

A day of blessed relief from Metro John's beloved Wolverhampton.

Cannot comprehend why he is so keen on 'Dog racing'.

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Big_Issue When: 24 May 15 14:06

Market Rasen on a Saturday night always used to be first NH Meeting of season

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onlooker When: 24 May 15 15:48

^ Make that Market Rasen the LAST meeting.

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