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British racing targets new audience with £3.6 million campaign 'to raise the sport's profile
British racing targets new audience with £3.6 million campaign 'to raise the sport's profile
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And now Angela Rayner is calling for a higher tax on gambling to fund the winter heating allowance! Anyone who hopes that Labour will help the racing industry is deluded.
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Trident May 25 07:57
Racing is a luxury and expensive product. Just watch on the TV better for our wallet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- spot on TRident... wouldn't dream of going racing these days. |
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Went to Bath Race meeting last Friday.
It's my local track but haven't been up there for quite a few years. Entrance cost £25.00 - this gave access to practically anywhere. Quite busy but not heaving, plenty of room in the bars, polite staff, quick service with a smile. £6.50 a pint which is only slightly higher than in Bath city centre, security staff were courteous and quite friendly. About 15-20 books that seemed to be doing a decent amount of business and the sun shone! Chatted to one security bloke who said it was the best atmosphere he'd experienced up there for a while. He said Ladies Day (coming up in June) was the worst day for drunken, rowdy behaviour and he hated working when there was live music after racing as by then alcohol has taken over! I must have been there on a good day! Would give it 7/10 overall.  |
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i'd have heart failure if someone asked me to pay £6.50 for a pint tbh.
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Tbh mine was bought for me....
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iremember folk talking about 'a pound a pint' raspberry...
a long time ago now that seems. |
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I bought a bottle of bitter from Tesco the other day, £1, good stuff as well.
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brought up on zetland gold cups of MOVE OFF,GUNNER B, mile from track ,wife would drop me off and pick me up,wouldnt enter my head to go to redcar today,or maybe should go like RASPBERRY to give it the once other,think like bath its one price to go anystand you like,in the good auld days my mate who recently passed away had got himself a st johns ambulance pass we used to use for a freebie entrance
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The Racing TV club day ad just played out on the channel, the contrast
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i see AKA bets bellyaching about the size of the crowd at the curragh and they only took a handul of bets didnt cover their ex,s, but even if theres a huge crowd whats the incentive for your average joe public racegoer to back with on course bookies instead of your mobile taking advantage of BOG,enhanced places,odds boosts, double results etc and betfair for the more seasoned punters,if pitches were a licence to print money AKA wouldnt have been able to buy them in the 1st place,they,ll be takin/getting all the publicity at royal ascot
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Ak.the previous week,10 quid minimum bet at punchestown,has we was mowed out and couldn’t deal with the demand.
Basically,we had a great day,when busy. Racings not worth the expense when quiet. But it’s a good listen,better than gallop.at least you get a inside into the realities of being a bookie. |