Racing League Just One More Sleep Left Now Lads....

Good racing, good prize money. Just ignore the teams element.

Absolutely ramruma

Our lass loves it, did really well last years series, she can’t wait

Good prize money, but only 2 races filled, just ignore the new presenter, Megan Nicholls.

how does the prize money effect punters,do we get a share if we back the winner ?

theres that many  contrived race cards now that i dont even look at
shergar cup
sun racing
racing lg
ladies cards
apprentices card
all grey races
i dont bet  at wolver ,but thought i new my racing ,but the horse that died on course had apparently ran 160 odd times and i,d never even neard of it ,let alone watched,backed it

With the exception of apprentice and ladies cards I agree.

the whole concept is a joke. just looked at the 1st race and representing Yorkshire.....2 trainers from Newmarket. what really is the point?

...and why do the Racing Post need to put a spot next to every horse making the racecard look even more different? We know they're all running for a team ffs.

Epsom Horse representing Ireland i mean wtf.

Scrap it now and save any more embarrassment ffs.

Kevin Blake finaly seen sense and gave up his Captancy.

18:10 Tuco Salamanca was midfield after the start, but was taken back by Nicola Currie (when the pace wasn't actually that fast) and subsequently was never going to get close to the all the way winner.  Would still probably have been closer than 8th of 18.  Like nearly all class 2 sprints at York, that will turn out to be a good race and the jockey switch to Billy is a positive.

By contrast I was going to lay Secret Beach in the first, before the drift, because I don't rate wins in apprentice races and a I don't like a gap of 13 days between runs because these horses tend to be unlucky, and the stats back this up!

you spent 4 million trying to get people in to racing and a newbie might  cotton on to a few horse,s  running in  red and white all season and tonight the same horse might be running in black/green, pointless

exactly 1tp, caps in team colours would be enough, it ruins the card for me, you relate horses to the silks you normally see them in, and obviously it makes watching the races a farce too. As for owners I'm sure they only tolerate it because of the prize money, you wait for yonks to see your horse win in your colours and then....it gets a win one of these.

if this was on any other race  day race , comms/pundits etc woiuld be bedwetting passing on one colour change on a horse ,tonight there,ll be a 100 colour changes and no one gives a fook

swiftynifty re Racing Post card. Spot on.

Ruins the page and not easy on the eye at all.


We have just had Wimbledon, The British Grand Prix. The Open Golf Championship. A great Cricket Test at Lords.

Sadly The Racing League does not cut the mustard.

Saffie Osborne, winning most jockey 2022,2023,2024.
8/24 last year
5 rides today

Saffie should do well again because her Dad is always so keen on winning this.  And the real thorn in the Wales/West team's side was Kevin Blake managing the Irish team and he has now been replaced by Mick Fitzgerald (who may not be as enthusiastic).

Well I don’t mind it but accept it’s not everyone’s cup of tea ,agree with swifty and barstool about all those black spots totally unnecessary

Bookie run fodder. ALL unfathomable handicaps. On terrestrial TV. Only for the mugs. I wouldn't have a bet on it with monopoly money.

Most of the favs are stopped for this event for the bookies to cod the punter , stay clear of the rubbish

Can’t wait till tonight.

Not since the heady days in the 70s,when Fred Truman presented the indoor pub league,of bar skittles,billarads,dominoes and fives and 3s,have the public been in anticipation to the start of a league.

A big advantage a punter has is they don’t have to have a bet

At the end of the day it's just a horse race meeting.

If you don't fancy it leave it alone,

if you fancy one/betting one where a captain plays his joker, DO YOU DOUBLE YOUR STAKE

comingupthehill.    

Al si thi..
As Fred would say

Not for me. I've stopped watching for many moons now unless a price boost is involved.

Would the price boost be for a bet or an arb ?

fred trueman
1st ball in ozz ashes test in ozz
had batsmen plum LBW,umpires shakes his head
2nd ball plum LBW again umpire shakes his head
3rd ball sends middle stump cartwheeling,fred turns to umpire
I NEARLY HAD HIM THERE

A price boost is an inducement for this doo-doo. I'd rather play slots or watch paint dry.

If bookies did half price odds,I d lump on everytime.

The missus has a library of classic Emmerdale.  Might watch a couple.  Zack in South America. Can’t wait.

Classic Corrie and Emmerdale on ITV3 every week day.....Tracey just killed Charlie Stubbs....2007

Anyone know why the black armbands ?

The timing could not have been worse. It's just before the King George & QE2 this weekend, and Goodwood next week. Why waste one's firepower on this pile of doo-doo before the real thing in a few days' time? Totally illogical, I think.

Alan Bailey passed away Jimnast.

What a shame

Thank you for the help Cagliari

Good luck

Less u forget,to the bookies and in running players it might as well be two cockroaches running up a wall,one could be 1.01

For z-list racing you need a z-list presenting and commentating team...success there!

Seems like plenty of you don't like good size fields of reasonable quality, too competitive for you?

mason paetel & heather main...for team scotland

wave the saltire

Who's Glen 8.10Y

Also an ex-squaddie with delusions of grandeur, a big yellow streak down his back and  a Group 1 qhunt.

If the object is promote public interest in teams, then the public need to care. The teams are nebulous and therefore meaningless.
The point made above normal colours (with distinguishing caps, or say number clothes with team ID), then I'd most likely watch it and bet on it, with the commentary and pundit team angle discussions muted.
But not when all the silks seem to merge into one incongruous blur, which must be difficult even for the few who actually are interested in the team nonsense.

Megan had finaly made it .....payed to laugh at fools too

Isn't it great to see the Scottish team having such a great first night?! Of course you must ignore the fact nothing in their team bar that irritant Steadman is actually Scottish.

If you cannot distinguish the caps perhaps try glasses, easy to ignore everything associated with teams, even Bisto Boy with an IQ of 10 might manage it imvho. Then again he is clueless about racing in normal circumstances and only brave hiding behind a keyboard!!

A bit like the management of your England teams eh swifty?

if your ignoring colours,teams,comms etc, and just watching whats passing the line, theres a 150 races ,off every 5 mins in america to bet on,just do everything you advise to do with racing lg

Claimers would probably suit you 1st TP!!

I was thinking much like the Scottish rugby team.

Reported

tema captain osbourne  2 horses drifted like absolute barges, one from around 2nd fav to 20,s in the last after winning group 3,s on sdoft/heavy ground for johnny G, come racing

Horse Racing is NOT a team sport and it never will be. It gives loudmouths like Matt Chapman something to bellow about but that's about it. In my opinion it's best ignored.

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Its been going 4 years thats some capture of the publics imagination.

Just had a look at the attendance figure for the corresponding Yarmouth Racing League fixture on 25th July last year.

It was actually lower than that of a run-of-the-mill meeting held the week before.

There Ya Go......Lets all laugh at The Racing Leauge.

17th ladies day they are always well attended

Perhaps a better example

Southwell 2024 racing league 2414 Thursday night the following night 560

In fact other than bank holidays or Sundays the only fixture that got a four figure attendance was racing league night

Hth acey

So many factors can affect attendance. Many courses have a regular day such as Windsor on a Monday and if they had a racing league fixture on a Thursday, the attendance might well be lower than an average Monday.

Windsor 2024 racing league 3858 the Mondays either side 3402 and 2791

Thanks jimnast.

Your very welcome sageform

One of the most ill conceived ideas the "powers that be" have EVER come up with. Nothing new there then. I wonder why they are ALL handicaps????? This idea just doesn't belong in racing.

At the moment we still live in a relatively free country we all have a choice to attend,watch or bet on it .

Yesterday there were another 6 meetings to attend and another 45 races to bet on surely enough unless your a problem gambler.

I go racing a lot and would take an all handicap card all day long , over cards with a few maidens in it.

Me to the dealer on my way to York now 3 mouth watering handicaps not that interested in the long distance one but I’m sure others will be.

The winners yesterday...

7/4, 5/2, 10/3, 11/2, 3/1, 7/2, 18/1 hardly a bookies benefit

Good luck Jimnast, only been once, I'm up in Scotland but loved it, a top class course.

Thanks the dealer in Hamilton and Kelso you have 2 superb racecourses and the western meeting is a fantastic 3 days for punting

Good luck to you also

As it happens as I don’t go to goodwood I’m up in dalmally from Sunday watching the racing on the tv I’ve no doubt as ever I’ll have back the one on the rail with nowhere to go till it’s to late.

A lovely part of the country, a bit different from the hustle and bustle of  a day's racing at Goodwood.

Well I stopped going quite a few years ago as the expenses and the hassle made it not worth it as I really struggle to back winners there hopefully been in the middle of nowhere for the first 3 days of goodwood might change things.