Chester Races

myself and others have devoted loads of threads on this rancid outfit . please , please read them ....its the worst value in the whole world of racing .

they have their own Chester bet

When i commented to the guy selling the rose wine that you mist be maling a bomb he said we dont set the prices the racscorse does and they get the dosh

total disgrace nothing to do ith racing greed and profit under the umbrella of horseracing ..awful

Yes,it is my intention to restrict my visits to Monday-Thursday for the foreseeable future.
Am going to Hamilton next Sunday however,so fingers crossed.
I think the thing to do is to check if there is any Pop Music afterwards.

the quality of the racing is rubbish , you cant see a thing unless you watch from the walls outside . booze prices are high, comfort is low  . its a day nightclub for pretend cheshire housewives and for pretend scouse footballers .

spot on windsor... grim

10,000 there yesterday absolutley rammed

Said years ago I would never go again. Worst day out any real racegoer can buy. This lot don't deserve to run what was a pretty course with a long history. Shameful commercialised organisation. Most of the crowd only interested in booze, the authorities only interested in profit and the staff only interested in jobsworthiness . If thats a word.

spot on brians- real shame as i said i wont be going back and its my local racecourse sad days indeed

Commentator constantly going on about chester bet prices before race set off. He said one horse was 100/1 on chester bet but as it was only 50/1 in ring no punters would be able to get the 100/ because chester bet pays sp less 10%.
Thats very misleading and they should be had up under trade descriptions.

tote should also be had up skally they keep advertising they at least match sp ,punters at dony on friday paid £1.10 stradivarius

Abysmal place , i'd love to buy it then get the bulldozers in and turn it into a greyhound track , it's ready made.

Didn't Cher make a record about Chesterbet and the racecourse Management. ??

how did that one go Glasgow C

Turn back time ?

believe ?

chester bet i love you babe

" Gypsies Tramps and Thieves "

I've got a few courses in my bucket list of ones I've never been to, Cartmel and York being at the top but after reading about the place from many of you on here Chester will never be on that list.

15 yrs ago i had chester may meeting stopping in chester on my list never made it and reading about it since glad i didnt and never will

Glasgow  just about right m8

You should definitely go to York,slippy,in the top 3 in the uk in my view.shouldn’t fuss about cartmel viewing very limited.as for Chester,the may meeting used to be one of my favs but a combination of the idiot clientele & greedy management make it a no no.

i,d suggest dante meeting for 1st visit,enough for an atmosphere without been over run,saturdays no,no even at york

I went once about 30 years ago and will never go again.

This thread wants printing out and sending to the Chester Management. Free market research, they should thank us.

on racedays do chester employ stewards to stop people gathering around the walls to view

dont think they would be the slightest bit interested brians,

Its packed out every time it opens its gates, never seen so much security guards around a racecourse.

They have set their stall out to attract the party and booze goers.

Cant see it changing any time soon.

Bangor on Deee,Haydock and Uttoxeter will be my future local visits to the races

Never understood why they did not develop a racecourse in Manchester

3rd biggest city and all that

there were a lot watching from the walls on Saturday 1st time poster

There was one in Manchester I think,Kensal moor/castle irwell closed down in the 1960s

yeh ive seen a few on tv pics dragon,nice day plod around town in between races

or nearest pub

The November Handicap used to be run at Manchester

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA9FLH8XO5LUAK4NDE43IWG5VUQ-LV216/query/MANCHESTER+NOVEMBER+HANDICAP

Good link Sparrow. I went to Castle Irwell when I was 8 in about 1958. As can be seen on the film the strangest thing to me then was that the jockey number boards obscured the finish from the grandstand !

The race in the video was won by Regret, at 66/1 with a fifteen year okd jockey , Jimmy Walker. He never really made it and left tacing in 1951 aged just 19. He could still be alive , around 86 now.

A lot of the comments in this are bang on.........yet in other ways Chester is a great meeting ......THE BEST FREE VIEW IN SPORT!!!...as they say .....Had a great couple of days there last weekend..........mind you being a tight wad i also watch from the back straight at Stratford and Worcester......{both great views}........the car park at Ludlow & York.....lockdown certainly taught me the best ways of going racing on the cheap!!!!!

i used to go 3 days tues- thurs of the vase meeting in the 80s, really was superb,  shame

yes it was superb elisjohn even got to see shergar on his final race before epsom.

3 days off work staying in the westminstrer not far off the station.

pat rohan always seemed to have fav for the opening race 

ridden Lester.....great days!!!!

and usually tailed off

the Lily Agnes was usually won by either Pat Rohan or Barry Hills......