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Criticism of the Irish Derby being run at the Curragh

GEORGE.B

26 Jun 17 23:59

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this season while major redevelopment is taking place

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/derby
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MJK When: 27 Jun 17 05:57

The Curragh is a souless kip at the best of times

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onlooker When: 27 Jun 17 15:39

Indeed it is - Been told of people who demanded, and got, their money back after the Irish Guineas meeting -

- with a promise that it would be much better at the Derby meeting - as they were buying four tickets for visitors from New Zealand.

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Cork Langer When: 27 Jun 17 16:28

Sold Out signs are up, so it won't worry them too much if they have to make a few refunds, majority will not utter a word of complaint

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kjansch When: 27 Jun 17 16:43

only an ars ehole would have asked for their money back after the guineas meeting

i was there - it was fine..obviously not ideal and they should have held it somewhere else.. but everyone knew that going in and they did a reasonable job in the circumstances

wish theyd do something about the traffic on the way out..

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workrider When: 27 Jun 17 17:42

I'm a member and fully agree it should have been closed during redevelopment , when you have powerful people in control they always get their way.When its about making Stallions, and you can have the going exactly as you want it ,that in a nutshell imo,is the reason why it remained open.

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quay_street When: 28 Jun 17 04:22

Why are all 5 classics held there anyway?
It doesn't happen in either the U.K. or FR.
Surely it is long past time for either 1 or 2 classics to be run at leopardstown?

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quay_street When: 28 Jun 17 04:23

Why are all 5 classics held there anyway?
It doesn't happen in either the U.K. or FR.
Surely it is long past time for either 1 or 2 classics to be run at leopardstown?

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quay_street When: 28 Jun 17 04:23

Why are all 5 classics held there anyway?
It doesn't happen in either the U.K. or FR.
Surely it is long past time for either 1 or 2 classics to be run at leopardstown?

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firstimevisor When: 28 Jun 17 10:05

In this part of the world you cannot have the going exactly as you want it, unless you want it soft or heavy every second week.