What on earth is going on at haydock

20:45p.m. Miss Lisa Stansfield in concert. May answer your question.

What her singing is keeping the horses away?

Service at the bar can be speeded up if you are fluent in an Eastern European language.

khasi (nap)


  full of aggressive and drunk scousers and mancs...(nb)

It's been a racecourse going the wrong way for years. NH course a joke now.

lovegod 03 Aug 16 12:37

What her singing is keeping the horses away?

Far too many fixtures..all with seven or even eight races and so .not enough horses to go round

Only sold 4,000 tickets up to last week! Doesn't look like it's going to be as busy as what they thought it might be.

If this lousy, grey, dismal, wet and windy weather continues - there will be hardly anybody there.

foxy
The first 3 races are all for 2 year olds over 8, 7 and 7 furlongs.
Hardly sensible race planning!!

Been twice,never enjoyed it for the evening meeting but a lovely track midweek.

Was a fab NH track, I watched a future Stayers Hurdle winner win its 1st race there, 4 years later I watched it break its back in a chase also at Haydock.

ZZ...i was also there on that fateful December day in 1994

My fav horse after watching it win and went and watched it at the track whenever I could, was never going to scale the heights as a chaser. That was a long journey home that day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hObu5dvK7N0

Great clip zz...cheers

I/R prices on KC would have been interesting 4 out!

Currently thick grey cloud, strong wind, and rain at Haydock - on rainfallradar.

Location Details
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Location: 53.4787, -2.6223

This Evening and Tonight:

Showers or longer spells of rain are expected overnight, particularly across the north of the region. Some heavy bursts are likely, especially over the hills. It will also be very windy with a risk of gales on exposed coasts. Minimum Temperature 12 °C.

Thursday:

Sunny spells and fewer showers compared to overnight, but some will be heavy with a risk of hail and thunder, particularly across the north of the region. Winds easing
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Far more like February, than August.

A lot of people on here would suggest that the prices charged by racecourses in this country are great value. They are dreadful and totally over the top. They need to get a grip and start encouraging people to come racing. The ticket prices for Tatts and county enclosures are nothing short of a rip off. Haydock my local track and what a desperate place it has become. Led by an absolute donkey who should be fired on the spot and the gaff given to Norman Gundill. Then we might see some improvement. A Fridays night racing which is an utter embarrrassment. Nothing changes however and they will be glad to get the non racing folk in who will drink to their hearts content.

On Course Bookmakers should vote with their feet and not attend these music nights with poor cards and people not interested in the racing. But if some of them did that. then the books who did attend would get all the business that was there, hmmm, so the ones that were thinking of voting with their feet wouldn't be able cope with that so they'd better all go just in case. Oh, and then all the books that do attend can all pay Haydock £230 each to get in. Haydock love playing the on-course books. It's money for old rope.

try my best

what a desperate place it has become ,led by an absolute donkey who should be fired on the spot and the gaff given to norman gundill.then we might see so improvement.

perfectly put sir.

by the way its not just tatts and county enclosures which are over the top haydock silver around £15 i get the feeling the man in charge either doesnt want the enclosure or doesnt want future race goers.

Today at haydock park its family fun day


Guess what the family enclosure is closed

I haven't been to Longchamp but from the tv I think Haydock's parade ring looks quite similar

It does a little life lucky although at longchamp the terrace is built up all around,not sure if that's still the case as the bulldozers moved in 10 months ago.

On a plus note for haydock it's good to see they have got a Wednesday fixture in December back in the 80s and 90s they got the likes of wayward lad,silver buck and sunny bay running at midweek winter fixtures.

Haydock going the same way as Newcastle dismissing the importance of family days and pricing out the racing fan.

Sadly it's a reflection on today's society, 'everyones out to squeeze the last penny out of the working man / woman'.

Holywell

Both plate day and ladies day this year were a shadow of what they use to be and quite simply as you say it's down to cost.

The course is local to me, and I used to be an annual member for some years.  These days I don't go at all.
Ripping up the old NH course and replacing it with soft, portable fences and brush hurdles was a disgrace and the place has rapidly gone downhill.   Admission prices are amongst the most expensive in the country, and in the summer it resembles an open air pub.
In addition, Haydock is one of those courses that thinks its a good idea to employ that clown Thompson who wanders round the enclosures with a mic in his hand generally annoying everybody.  There are much nicer courses to go to where the experience is far more enjoyable.

good morning birkdale

have you ever sent your views to jockey club racecourses ?

i know there is nothing they can do about the ripping up of the old national hunt course but your other concerns they may be able to do something about,i am a member at kempton national hunt and warwick both jcr and both very well run and a pleasure to be a member off,perhaps they dont yet realize how haydock is been run.

haydock is also my local course birkdale and i have also washed my hands with it for a day out although i may go to the midweek december fixture.

Good morning foxy

I gave up on Haydock when they destroyed the NH course, and have been once in the past 8 years.  Even if they had left the NH course intact, I refuse to attend any meeting where Thompson is allowed to roam freely.

I find it much more enjoyable at the likes of Cartmel, Bangor, Hexham etc..

i must make the effort to get to hexham this winter its a long time since i last visited the place.

A couple in Sept for you, Fri 16th twilight & Fri 30th afternoon

Make the most of it before winter arrives

dont like twilight intheknow friday 30th =two day fontwell fixture it will have to be in the proper winter.

Middle of September, 4.30pm start, what's not to like about that?

If they wanted to do anything useful they could turn the clock back 30 years to when it used to be a National Hunt track.

What was wrong with proper fences and hurdles providing an actual jumping test?

TRYMYBEST,YOUVEGOTITTO,YOUR SUMMARIES ARE BOTH SPOT ON!

plenty wrong with that intheknow as i am sure you are aware,re kempton the two day christmas meeting where the 2nd day is now on a par with the opening day since the sponsors took over the politics seem to be putting the future of the 2nd day in danger of reverting back to an ordinary days racing that will be bad for national hunt racing.

are you going to haydock today factmachine ?

YES

plenty wrong with that intheknow as i am sure you are aware,re kempton the two day christmas meeting where the 2nd day is now on a par with the opening day since the sponsors took over the politics seem to be putting the future of the 2nd day in danger of reverting back to an ordinary days racing that will be bad for national hunt racing.

I'm not quite following the relevance of Kempton Xmas meeting in relation to Hexham having a twilight meeting in September?

If you're coming to Hexham then you want to be there when the weather is bearable. Early season or late season seems the best choice for me and I'm a big fan of the Northern NH scene

have a good day obviously you dont agree that much with youvegottitto

Didn't factmachine say he would never go to Haydock again on a 'all in one' enclosure day?!

Btw this is how bad sales are for tomorrow night I've just received a link for 4 complimentary tickets for tomoz..

keno

what racecourse bookmakers say do and believe in can change on almost a daily basis.

True. But he was so against it all, just surprises me.

NEWTON NOW closed friday

newton now closed friday

nice of him to give us plenty of notice maxed ,i use to try and speak to him now all he does his tell his secretary he will call me back ,he never does nor does he reply to reasonable emails,how do these people get jobs with these companies in such high positions or is that a silly question.

just seen the notice health and safety to blame oh dear oh dear where would some people be without that to fall back on.

stage moved to the end of tatts no health and safety issue really, quote why dont the newton stand bookmakers just bet in tatts

Probably they've not sold enough tickets so close the Newton Stand, save on bar staff, cleaners, gatemen, security etc etc, - unlucky Newton Bookmakers but hey ho. Life's a bitch and all that.............

at an average of 5.8 runners a race 6 races and £230 badge plus other exis i would say lucky newton stand bookmakers rather than unlucky.

If anyone wants the 4 tickets let me know - all they will need to do is pay £8 admin fee - it's £2 per ticket - they can be printed off.

Just to give this some balance.  I go to virtually every meeting.  Midweek is great, good crowd plenty of room.  Entrance price may be dear but nothing if you are betting £100 per race.  Viewing is good and compared to other courses getting served is ok and toilets dont take too long.   Extra portable toilets have been introduced for girls.  The post race DJ nights have been good, most coach parties have left and really good friendly fun atmostphere.

Plus, it is the easiest course in Britain to score.   I have never seen so many people wanting a 'sh1t' before the first race

I am young enough to enjoy the crack, the party and the girls Haddock throws up in big measures but also enjoy my horses.

SIVER RING CLOSED TO NIGHT DUE TO "HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES"NOTHING TO DO WITH LACK OF SALES OF COURSE,NOW IF THE COUNTY STAND AND RAILS WERE CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT I THINK YOU WOULD HEAR SOMETHING FROM THE ONCOURSE BOOKMAKING ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS,THEN YOU READ THE CONTRACTS AND SURPRISE SURPRISE NO PROTECTION IN THE CONTRACTS FOR THE SILVER RING BOOKIES WHO HAD NO REPRESENTATION IN THE DISASTEROUS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS,THE RACECOURSES MUST BE PISSING THEMSELVES!

very true factmachine very true but not to worry it will blow over.

Spot on Facts. Spot on!

haydock have promised to move the stage by early morning so the newton enclosure can be fully operated and have made a very fair gesture in waving the badge fee,a step in the right direction hopefully progress can be made to suit all parties.

Less than 3k prize money for two races and only 37k in total. Not surprising they are not attracting runners.

wait for the next announcement

due to the stage crew having already worked their allocated hours then under H & S rules, the stage will remain in place until 2pm

Left handed course isn't it