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12 Feb 23
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what an awful days racing.
Ronnie.
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Desperate fare on offer but £5 course enclosure is a bout as much as you'd part with to turn up after the first race maybe.
Ground firming up not helping any. |
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Awful days racing but I'd rather be there than at Plumptons abysmal card.
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its free guest day for members mates too at catterick tom....must admit, only been once when gwr training and a young tony tobbin riding . not a great day out .
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Its a lovely course is Catterick, decent facilities and a friendly atmosphere.
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prefer jumps at catterick over flat which is too draw dependent...good fish and chip shop in town..highlight of a catterick (and sedgefield) visit was a few pints in Hogans and a hotshot parmo for the train back to Edinburgh but as you've said Hogans is no longer, it will take more than a piss poor card to get us down that way again
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Absolutely tiger the racecourse deserves better very friendly place they really do make the effort,free bus from Richmond each fixture decent food good viewing ,hopefully jcr or ac will never take catterick under there false wings.
But regarding the original question by Ronnie unfortunately the answer is no |
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I quite liked the place the only time I visited which had been a flat meeting.
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Agree Jimnast,I like Catterick and have been a few times this winter and was going today but the card has obviously stopped me. The cards in normal circumstances are ok.
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would you pay to go to Catterick on Monday. No you would have to pay me, todays racing looks rubbish, at least we have Cheltenham to look forward too lads
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I had also planned to go for a day out today ribero but that card doesn’t justify the horrendous m62 late afternoon.
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Indeed! must admit another plus for me is a leisurely 35 minute drive up the A1.
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At the weekend, I was thinking I might go to Wetherby on Wednesday, quiet midweek, some fresh air, a chat with JustNorm, and not far away for me.
Looked on their website for admission prices. £16 for tatts less a fiver for OAP, but you have to book online before 9.30am, pay a 50p transaction charge and presumably it’s some sort of ETicket which my brain doesn’t compute. Further investigation says pay at turnstile on the day is £19, no OAP discount and card only. “Please note that we will no longer be offering on the day concessions in our 2022-2023 season” I would have thought, in general, the biggest group of casual, lets have a day out, midweek customers would be OAP’s , but the courses just don’t seem to want to make it easy or encourage them. |
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Not the best of cards today but I really like Catterick for a days racing.
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Rigsby
It beggars belief what many racecourses are doing. When the tv rights run out they will change there approach to the paying customers |
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cracking little track and i will be going on Wed 8th March as i set off on my around the courses in 11 days journey
 Must admit though that the track deserves better turn outs for their efforts and todays card is very poor  |
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Smirnoff
Is that all the tracks in 11 days ? |
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Cant ever remember JP having runners at Catterick, three today, two biggies and a stable switcher trading around the 4.2 mark.
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Jimnast,talking of Wetherby,the hotel is now full of migrants.
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Ffs ribero for two consecutive years the hotel I’ve booked for Cheltenham has been taken over by migrants so I have had to make different plans ,now wetherby and they don’t even have the decency to let a loyalty card holder know.
If Liverpool over the weekend there as a mini riot outside one of these hotels by the locals sick f what’s going on . |
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People selling their hotels up and down the country,they see which way the wind is blowing,happy days ahead.
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So to sum up when digital currency comes in many racecourses will close and many more hotels will be full of migrants ?
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It's a joke Jimnast,200 of them apparently,meant to tell you before as we knew a while ago as one of the wife's friends works at the local surgery and they were notified well in advance to get everything in order for them ffs.
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It’s madness what’s going on ribero ,I’ve just accidentally drove on the m6 toll road it cost me £7.50 and you can’t pay cash as it happens Debbie was with me who had a card with her ,what on Earth happens if you don’t have a card do you reverse back up the motorway?
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Be down the bottom of the Yorkshire tracks for me in terms of worth a visit:
Ripon (NAP) Thirsk (NB) York Wetherby Pontefract Catterick Redcar Beverley Donc (shthole) |
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Blimey swaddle you have Beverley low there ,agree with the bottom
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Blimey swaddle you have Beverley low there ,agree with the bottom
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Its head on.
I'd consider myself a normal guy but the Hull lot are something else, tedious  , although in their defence they are only tryna have a good time.Ironically I cant say much after nominating the top 2 but the quality of racing is also poor. |
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Whilst I think Beverley is a really nice course theres nowhere I find winners harder to back
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I'm a member of what used to be known as the Racegoers Club
On the Wetherby Concessions page it says "Instructions for Wetherby - On the day walk up only, 1 ticket available per member, per raceday, please bring your Membership Card to obtain the discount and entry to the Premier or Paddock Enclosure. Please note Card payment only at entrance." I rang the racecourse and Danielle says that concessions ARE available on the day for OAPs . |
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Without being rude in life why do OAPS need so many concessions?
You dont take anything with you as far as I'M aware |
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Jimnast,Beverley at the bottom here too,just don't like the racing there I guess and like you couldn't back a winner although very rarely try but plenty of fancied horses win there,went to Redcar last season for the first time for a while and much much preferred Catterick.
Redcar could do with a facelift but doubt it will get one. |
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Ponte and Doncaster by a distance would be my two worst I know we’ve said it before but the old Doncaster was great.
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Although Leicester as a track can be a bit soulless, they do make an effort when it comes to free / cheap admission.
Racing TV subscribers only have to produce their Racing TV metal badge to get in for free on many days this year, and this concession also allows you entrance to the members area (OK its a tent) where there is free tea, coffee and biscuits. Also, free racecard. Furthermore, they were the first track to offer concessions to the Racegoers Club for 2023. Pity its the only track I've ever seen where they have Heavy (Hurdles course crossover) and Good to Firm (chase course) on same day!!! |
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Obviously I see Doncaster from a different point of view in the summer and the racing is pretty competitive but must admit while trying to go racing a bit more this winter hence the trips to Catterick going for a day to Doncaster holds very little attraction.
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redcar has to be bottom of the Yorkshire league...wetherby (unfortunately) dropping fast..hopefully Thirsk drop their dress code if they haven't already but the executive there were so far up themselves
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Jimnast we had the same problem recently going to Utt from Birmingham luckily we had a card between the 4 of us or we were lost , no escape once you go into the Toll...Ripon is one of the most over rated track in the U.K....
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ItsMeSwaddle 13 Feb 23 16:08
Without being rude in life why do OAPS need so many concessions? You dont take anything with you as far as I'M aware With the ridiculous cost of going Racing in this country everyone could do with a so called "concession". |