Is This the start.

Good enuf for them

Used to be that 1st 2 day's in the early nineties

Any idea what last years Wednesdays crowd was.
TIA
Ronnie.

Wed    15/03/2023    CHELTENHAM    50,387

Wed    13/03/2019    CHELTENHAM    59,209   
Wed    11/03/2020    CHELTENHAM    56,943
Wed    17/03/2021    CHELTENHAM    44
Wed    16/03/2022    CHELTENHAM    64,431
Wed    15/03/2023    CHELTENHAM    50,387

Charging full price for Chilblains over the age of 4 isn't going to help

Hi Ronnie

Remembering that thread you put up looking for winning distance preferences for those 7 " good things £ a few weeks ago , reckon there won't be many winners or even runners going by memory....

Remember

Marine Nationale
Sir Gino
El Fabiola
Constitution Hill
Galopin De Champes
Gaelic Warrior
??????????


Not sure of the other one but if that does.t put people off backing long term ante post shorties nothing will , ironically the only winner so far was the warm up flop.

Crazy unpredictable sport we all love   

Let's hope it stimulates some changes.

Good, first time i have not gone to cheltenham this week in 30 years. they can stick it up there arses.

£100 to get in, £7.5 to have a drink & £18 for a burger that costs less than £1 to make.

chelt have always been greedy b tards

Name a cheap racecourse….

car parking appalling in a muddy field biggest stress maker before you go in and when you come out oh and for £20 a day

Agree with Sontium, this must be a wake up call for the decision makers.

My brother was there yesterday in a group and said it was easy enough to get around without the messiness of other recent years.

Only way to get any change is for people to vote with their feet and wallet, if we say no it’s too expensive then they have to lower the prices or risk losing their cash cow

Hayden • March 14, 2024 12:53 PM GMT
Remembering that thread you put up looking for winning distance preferences for those 7 " good things £ a few weeks ago , reckon there won't be many winners or even runners going by memory....

Marine Nationale
Sir Gino
El Fabiola
Constitution Hill
Galopin De Champes
Gaelic Warrior
??????????

lossiemouth

the arkle is looking like the biggest dist which is what I said, wrong intended horse admittedly!!

the hurdle races v rarely provide the winner of these bets

Mar 14, 2024 -- 1:46PM, ronnie rails wrote:

Any idea what last years Wednesdays crowd was.TIARonnie.

46k

lowest since 2009

and when you adjust for population increase lowest in living memory

"st patricks thursday"

on the 14th march ffs

I wonder what the price of a ticket was in 2009 ?

£48 ?

Article from aug 2022
"Cheltenham Festival to cap attendance for 2023 event after record crowds this year
The decision has been taken after race-goers complained that this year's festival was too busy"

Thanks wonders   

Number one thing they need to do with their profits is concrete over the car parks, where else at such a huge sporting event would you have to wear your best shoes then park on grass aka mud.

Not a surprise. You fleece customers for too long, they will eventually leave.

£20 to park your car. The wheels are coming off the Cheltenham greedy

I heard £30 tri
either way...scandalous

minimum should be gravel car parks

At least you get value in the car park, you can spend hours in it after racing.

Charging full price for Chilblains over the age of 4 isn't going to help Sad


.... ,In fairness to Matt, he said how disgusting this was on ITV this morning.

Vote with your feet it's the only way

Thing is, they will charge these prices, because they know people will always go to Cheltenham. But for the majority of us it's too expensive.

Went once Gold Cup day, never again, a horrible experience but other meetings through the winter a good day out if you can bear the cost.

Mar 14, 2024 -- 2:52PM, Hayden wrote:

Vote with your feet it's the only way

absolutely

I thought it was a deliberate strategy to reduce the crowd sizes this year?

Not by that much

Great they are losing millions ouch, the only way that they will learn is to hurt them in the pocket

Plenty of rooms  free tonight some still charging  650 plus.Ronnie

to be fair how much is matchday day at Arsenal or Chelsea plus the like of the Grand Prix or Wimbledon etc.  and dont mention a night at the theatre