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Over here they might pay for a pint and a pie and never mind an entrance fee of goodness know what.
£17 would buy 2 toasted egg sandwiches, 2 cups of tea and some chips at an upmarket cafe in Chiswick.
Get a deluxe mega moneybox for £17 in our local ch!nky...
I took two of my grandchildren to Alton towers last Monday that is eye watering
The prices for most basic food stuff are astronomical these days eg Heinz baked beans. It used to be 60p per tin (sometimes 200p for 4). Now 100p per tin on offer. This is sheer daylight robbery; a large tasty roast chicken from Asda was 550p, now 750p; a portion of chips 240p, was 170p before pandemic.
Anyone taken any of their little ones go-karting? £50 each for 2 lots of 15min spin. And, one has to arrive 40min prior. £50 for 30 mins spin? Crazy. And, the spins are not solo but with others on the track eg other families.
Anyone taken any of their little ones go-karting? £50 each for 2 lots of 15min spin. And, one has to arrive 40min prior. £50 for 30 mins spin? Crazy. And, the spins are not solo but with others on the track eg other families.
Horse racing prices in the UK are a disgrace. Courses like Musselburgh charging £35 at the gate on a Sunday to watch a load of handicappers running. Then inside paying £8 for a burger
If people in this country stuck together and refused to pay it.
The courses would have to do something drastic about it. But we don't stick together.
The courses would have to do something drastic about it. But we don't stick together.
I can never understand these parties of people with no interest at all in the Racing going to tracks and paying these ridiculous prices for their booze.
We've had this discussion before. It can be done in this country, but - you need a Totaliser system, no bookies, no exchanges with all the profits going back into horse racing.
Question is, how many of us want that?
Question is, how many of us want that?
Also at Longchamp today, its Euro 145 in the Bistro, and Euro 90 by the Winning Post and Euro 65 in the Enclosure. Not so cheap.
It was 12 euros a pint at Longchamp the last time that I was there, same price for a hot dog and it will have gone up since then.
Tiger Tiger 01 Oct 23 13:35
We've had this discussion before. It can be done in this country, but - you need a Totaliser system, no bookies, no exchanges with all the profits going back into horse racing.
Question is, how many of us want that?
We've had this discussion before. It can be done in this country, but - you need a Totaliser system, no bookies, no exchanges with all the profits going back into horse racing.
Question is, how many of us want that?
Totally overrated arc day ffs we have an Arab race next Ayr gold cup day knocks spots of it let alone royal ascot and york.
France: PMU monopoly
Media rights payments are not a major contributor to prize-money levels in France as France Galop co-funds the racing channel Equidia with Le Trot, trotting's government body. The country misses out, however, on the broader mainstream coverage offered in Britain and Ireland.
Ticket sales are not a major revenue driver either, partly because entrance fees are low outside the big days and France Galop owns the major tracks, such as Longchamp, Deauville and Chantilly.
Some revenue is generated through sponsorship and corporate hospitality, but these are not a commercial imperative because prize-money is essentially underwritten by the profits of the Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), the third-largest pool betting service globally.
Of its total turnover, 75 per cent is returned in winning bets, nine per cent goes to the government through tax and eight per cent is split between France Galop and Le Trot, the two major shareholders – in 2019 €760m was returned to racing and trotting, which covered not only prize-money but the cost of staging the sport. The remainder is spent on PMU outgoings and paying commercial partners.
Without fixed-odds betting the wealth of the PMU ensures purses at lower and intermediate levels are better than anywhere else in Europe. The PMU also contributes to generous premiums of up to 70 per cent to winning owners of French-bred horses, regardless of where the owner is based.
For example, Sottsass won €857,100 for landing the 2019 Prix du Jockey Club, plus an extra €203,904 in premiums, while the Hughie Morrison-trained Marmelo won €31,827 on top of €74,100 for winning the Group 2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil in 2018.
French authorities are aware of the financial advantage they have over their nearest neighbours, and investments in a new woodchip track for the main training centre at Chantilly was followed by a €1.5m redevelopment of the training facilities at Maisons-Laffitte.
The message could not be clearer to trainers considering a wholesale move or setting up a satellite operation, and a number of British handlers have already taken advantage, including Tom George, whose son Noel runs their satellite yard in Chantilly. The stable has sent out five winners from 32 runners and has won more than €150,000 this calendar year.
Media rights payments are not a major contributor to prize-money levels in France as France Galop co-funds the racing channel Equidia with Le Trot, trotting's government body. The country misses out, however, on the broader mainstream coverage offered in Britain and Ireland.
Ticket sales are not a major revenue driver either, partly because entrance fees are low outside the big days and France Galop owns the major tracks, such as Longchamp, Deauville and Chantilly.
Some revenue is generated through sponsorship and corporate hospitality, but these are not a commercial imperative because prize-money is essentially underwritten by the profits of the Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), the third-largest pool betting service globally.
Of its total turnover, 75 per cent is returned in winning bets, nine per cent goes to the government through tax and eight per cent is split between France Galop and Le Trot, the two major shareholders – in 2019 €760m was returned to racing and trotting, which covered not only prize-money but the cost of staging the sport. The remainder is spent on PMU outgoings and paying commercial partners.
Without fixed-odds betting the wealth of the PMU ensures purses at lower and intermediate levels are better than anywhere else in Europe. The PMU also contributes to generous premiums of up to 70 per cent to winning owners of French-bred horses, regardless of where the owner is based.
For example, Sottsass won €857,100 for landing the 2019 Prix du Jockey Club, plus an extra €203,904 in premiums, while the Hughie Morrison-trained Marmelo won €31,827 on top of €74,100 for winning the Group 2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil in 2018.
French authorities are aware of the financial advantage they have over their nearest neighbours, and investments in a new woodchip track for the main training centre at Chantilly was followed by a €1.5m redevelopment of the training facilities at Maisons-Laffitte.
The message could not be clearer to trainers considering a wholesale move or setting up a satellite operation, and a number of British handlers have already taken advantage, including Tom George, whose son Noel runs their satellite yard in Chantilly. The stable has sent out five winners from 32 runners and has won more than €150,000 this calendar year.
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