Is that raceable?

waterlogged ( heavy in places )

Winner got water WINGS

yes, imo

Farcical.

No standing water - get on with it

That would be good to soft in Auteuil

of course

From our Irish Correspondent............... Yielding

Taunton looked unraceable the other day imho

No jar reports winning jockey

Not a meeting to be having a bet at. Naas to be avoided like the plague,same for awful Chelmsford. A day off and watch the footie

Wise words TRD

i have seen them race on worse ground there

Rain keeps coming though, race this and another couple?

Terrible going lay anything not bred to handle going.

Probably safer than most spring/summer jumping ground, even if something slips over.

fair comment dan

Not really a spectator sport when they just pop round carefully

They're going through it I'll concede; against that we haven't a proper "race" yet.

I assume the jocks will agree to hack round in the national

large pool of water up the straight on the chase course, interesting to see them get through that.

Once the National is run.that will be that imo...

The clerk is a disgrace, its a f**king

lake!

Dopey bloke looking at his glass of water to see how much rain has fallen..

I think this is the end lads!

abandoned.

presume no refunds with 3 races done!

Whats the refund rule after 3 races ?

None

always keen to get three in....

no refund and bars packed,hospitality sold out,no train for a hour! come racing!

no refunds unless good will kicks in,the bookmakers will have had to pay around £130 to bet plus entrance,rdt petrol and wages 3 odds on pokes pissed down all day charming.

they get the levy  thats only reason it they went ahead

It'd be an outrage if there wasn't some recompense for those that bothered to turn up.

3 races run, 4/11,2/11 and 4/5 winners, paying punters robbed imo.

They do love racing on putty at Plumpton, I recall the day McCoy, (sorry, Sir Anthony McCoy) rode his 3000th winner there, it was completely unraceable, they actually ran the bumper and left the hurdles in for them to weave in and out of because they would have left pools of water if they took them up.

foxy spot on  they dont give a   monkies for bookies

If a card starts then it should finish, if owners and jockies pull out then fair enough.

they are doing their best  to clear the on course books off..   tote only    and it will happen

like it does in cricket,tennis and golf icredd ?

^^

what a ludicrous proposition. As if 60 mins or more rain couldn't turn raceable into unraceable!

zipper

without them some would close the tv rights wont last forever.

glad i sold out years ago   ..i could see this coming.....

Was it not still raining when he said racing goes ahead?

foxy  you could be right

Plumpton Racecourse Website down,

Corporate packages,New Year dining packages.

One of their usual mundane Monday race days would never have gone ahead.

Does having got through 3 races mean no refunds?

Need you ask?

iamajambo

plumpton often race on bad ground i remember a day before the festival a few years ago there was water on the track but they got threw the card same as the day ap rode his 3,000th winner,plumpton is a small track that on the whole is run very well,today luck was against them but at least they tried.

dont feel too sorry for the bookies - they win enough dont you worry.
They feel sorry for themselves because they dont make the same profits as they used to.

how do you know that lex ?

Seriously? the betting industry is worth billions. The prices they offer are way less than the actual chance of the event happening - if it wasnt they wouldnt exist. They have overheads like anyone else and they have to make a taxable profit.

If it didnt pay they would not be offering the service. The small independants are a different issue. sorry to see small businesses go, but that just business overall - adapt of die - be it Woolworths or PoundLand.

Do you feel sorry for Betfair or Lad brokes or Bet fred? No of course not. Do you fee sorry for the small shop on the corner yes? Bit do you still go to Tescos ? of course you do.


Real life is harsh its not a game its a jungle.

clerk was a coward as well saying jocks would have final say. pass the buck

fred has played a blinder for him ,  every time the  jackpot is not won  he gets 15% of the carry over.... free money

guys dont  play it  the other day all six winners paid  48 grand  the jackpot was won paid 3  grand

lex

i was asking about how you know the racecourse bookmakers all make fortunes not the billion pound of course industry.

Racingqueen 03 Jan 16 14:45
clerk was a coward as well saying jocks would have final say. pass the buck

seemed reasonable as they would know more than him after riding on it.

Actually Foxy, you didnt. But I answered it anyways. If they are not making it pay then they should make the business decision to do something else.

indeed koi

my earlier post lex was about racecourse bookmakers and there day today.

foxy  you know i know the game is f.....ed

why the exchanges

as it happens zipper if you choose right i think its fine however i do see problems regarding this cheltenham fiasco in the future however, huge implications our own colleagues could end up finishing many off.

but that off course wont surprise you.

Don't they have to run 3 races for the Media Rights to kick in?

not sure orchid it would be interesting to find the right answer to that,although regarding today it seems the jockeys made the decision and rightly so.

You have to realize that horseracing is an industry and not a sport.The show must go on .

Give that man a ceegarrr

Ladbrokes packed up after two races, barely anyone betting. I'm sorry Plumpton's big day was spoiled by the weather, on the other hand, they should not have started the meeting. Exeter and Taunton should also have been abandoned imo and the fact that both were sold out in hospitality and had a good attendance probably swayed the decisions. Half the crowd at Exeter were gone before the fourth race, the younger half who had better ways of celebrating New Years Day.By the time racing had finished, cars parked in the infield were standing in slurry. And racegoers crossing the track by the winning post at Taunton were sinking up to their ankles.
Racing took the short-end money by ploughing on with these meetings, but long term it's a disaster if we can't put on a better show than this.