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stridingedge
05 Jun 18 15:16
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Does 'Paul the octopus' do the schedule these days?

Day off sunday quite often fair enough but we are on the tuesday after the Derby and there are 2 afternoon jumps meets and no flat meets.

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Report 1st time poster June 5, 2018 3:28 PM BST
looking at some of the fields and quality in epsoms supporting races, we could do with culling a good few more meetings
Report stridingedge June 5, 2018 3:48 PM BST
The quality doesn't bother me 1TP most of my stuff is class 4-6, I just think the actual schedule could be more sensible so rather than 2 days with 9 meets on thursday and friday and 0 and 1 on tuesday and wenesday  you might actually balance it up a bit more. One day you've got 5 minute intervals and then you have nothing.

It's the flat turf season as far as I'm concerned, no reason for a blank today.
Report wondersobright June 5, 2018 3:56 PM BST
is it to give flat jockeys, stable staff etc a day off?

there's simply no need to have blank days like this, just regionalise some of the fixtures ffs and have today as an appointed north or south fixture day only
Report wondersobright June 5, 2018 4:01 PM BST
cannot be that difficult to regionalise a small number of crap fixtures a year both flat & jumps
make them open to north/south based trainers & jockeys only
cluster them on certain days in a year and/or in a block during the winter for flat & summer for jumps
problem solved
Report Buzzards June 5, 2018 4:03 PM BST
A disgrace of epic proportions, baking mid summers day and we have only this lot to watch going round and round, up and down, pushed and cajoled into performing, a time and a place FFS
Report stridingedge June 5, 2018 4:06 PM BST
some sunday flat racing this week Shocked
Report wondersobright June 5, 2018 4:13 PM BST
to give the jumps boys a day off SE WinkLaugh
Report stridingedge June 5, 2018 4:15 PM BST
Wink
Report sparrow June 5, 2018 4:19 PM BST
As if this is not enough we have another 2 jump meetings tonight.
Report mouse muldoon June 5, 2018 4:20 PM BST
There's one of them 2 furlong beach sprint meetings on later.
Report sparrow June 5, 2018 4:21 PM BST
Well I have to agree that Newcastle is easily the worst of the AW courses.
Report wondersobright June 5, 2018 4:26 PM BST
there are days during the winter with 3 or 4 feckin a/w cards on 1 day

karma imo
Report stridingedge June 5, 2018 4:26 PM BST
on quality surely it's Suvvers sparrow?
Report sparrow June 5, 2018 4:27 PM BST
3 or 4 meetings as opposed to nothing in the winter which is why they were introduced.
Report sparrow June 5, 2018 4:29 PM BST
I'm strictly low grade Striding but prefer Chelmsford and Wolverhampton.
Report Barton Bank June 5, 2018 4:30 PM BST
Balancing the fixture list does not seem to be something the BHA is able to do.
Report stridingedge June 5, 2018 4:32 PM BST
I see Sparrow.
Report wondersobright June 5, 2018 4:33 PM BST
4th jan...bangor, chelmsford a/w, newky a/w, wolver a/w feckin ridiculous
Report wondersobright June 5, 2018 4:34 PM BST
chelmsford & wolver would make 2 cracking dog tracks imo
Report sparrow June 5, 2018 4:38 PM BST
wondersobright    05 Jun 18 16:34 
chelmsford & wolver would make 2 cracking dog tracks imo







We will swap for Towcester then.
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