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Ebor meeting now bigger than Glorious Goodwoood
Ebor meeting now bigger than Glorious Goodwoood
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No I don’t like that one form wouldn’t wash my feet in it ,
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Wednesdays final decs indicates which of the two is the better fixture anyone who seriously thinks goodwood is better is been a little bit silly really ,I know most wouldn’t agree but I would have the western meeting as the third best flat meeting ahead of goodwood,however I do accept last months goodwood fixture was considerably better than is the case most years.
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The perception of a meeting is in the eye of the beholder essentially. A bigger meeting tends to be more than the sum of its parts. The Irish would point to Galway I guess. Loads of good horses run in Meydan, but only the connections and Angus care. It's not attendance, not the number of group races, not how nice the course is to be at (most people aren't there, couldn't care less!). Ironically the weather plays a big part in the perception, given the contrast of the Epsom washout vs glorious goodwood. Even though the people broadcasting it to us are ordinarily moaning about the weather, whether it's wet or cold, warm or dry lol.
I'm definitely open to the possibility that the perception of GG and the ebor meeting is different to mine. Goodwood has always been the second meeting I checked the dates for. |
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I've been to York but not the Ebor Meeting and Goodwood many times and would rate York as the best track certainly. On the question of ales I can say that Roses Malton Bitter is one of the best beers I have sampled second only to the Draught Newcastle Brown. Don't know if Roses is still about I'm talking mid sixties.
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Good grief Tommy newci brown is like the speckled hen…….I would water the plant with it lol
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I’ve tried them all tbh it’s now miller,bud or Australian white Chardonnay…..all from the fridge…
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Formoftheace - I don't get it with all these Peroni/Moretti/Buds etc. I do like Whyte & MacKay though.
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Form 1221 an accurate post
Ossett brewery produce 4 magnificent ales of which all can be bought in the same pub in York a great way to start the week tomorrow afternoon. |
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Also agree with Tommy about all those buds moretti type garbage
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Those are for people who don't like beer jimnast, even Americans laugh at Miller drinkers. My first on track bet at York was at Batleys Cash and Carry day in 1992, What Katy Did a debutant 2 yo ridden by Steve Cauthen, for John Gosden and Sheikh Mo ew 9/1 won 7/1, left losing, a day to remember though.
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European lager types are handy for cleaning the kitchen sink……I do like a cold miller tho….
I remember harp and skol…..chemical warfare tbh…. |
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I was there that day Cagliari…..i remember a cold shiver,you must have walked past me ….
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york quality wise is by far the better meeting, but like someone else said after r ascot , goodwood is the 2nd meeting i look up the dates, imo goodwood definetly used to be ranked superior to york esp in the70s- 90s 5 days covered superbly then on the bbc , while york only had 3 days
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Don’t forget kestrel lager about 10p a can still overpriced
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formoftheace Joined: 17 Apr 12
Replies: 2379917 Aug 26 12:23 I’ve tried them all tbh it’s now miller,bud or Australian white Chardonnay…..all from the fridge that is hard to credit as a serious post and from someone who has such a firm opinion take this fact; nobody aside from you thinks the same. nobody. my mate has 7 pubs and he sells none of that, or anything like it. its pure cold fizz and utter carp and hardys chardonnay. 4 quid of the cost is tax and shipping, thanks to this spiteful govt. so the wine you get is worth about 3. you have what could be described as an unsophisticated palate, and thats being charitable |
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His palate matches the rest of him,Busy
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Harsh tbh….
Tried £20 plonk,yuk…. |
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What does busy drink ?
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Anything from Invalid Stout to Embalming fluid
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White lightning i imagine……
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Plenty of hotels with rooms vacant
Ronnie. |
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cask ale
craft beer pale ale brown ale craft lager wheat beer blonde beer cherry beer pilsner cider stout fizz white wine orange wine rose red port sherry brandy whiskey vodka-zybrovka only martini cocktails thats bwhat i had yesterday anyway |
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Hello Ronnie hope your well ,I did notice that and perfectly understandable there getting like Cheltenham and so few have car parking those that do you pay plenty,when do you arrive?
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Jimnst.
Fine thank you on the 1030 out of Darlo on Wednesday.Laid the front 2 in the big race cant do much damage will pop over and have a chat with you. Ronnie |
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Just 1 example
Holiday inn 4 nights 1038 no parking breakfast another 16.99 each person each day |
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Look forward to it Ronnie ,a good forumite Andrew from Sweden is coming over for Wednesday hopefully you could meet up with him.
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Here's one for you - jimnast -
- to underscore the York/Goodwood debate ... When they were rebuilding Ascot racecourse in 2005 ... They did not move ROYAL ASCOT to Goodwood, did they - - ROYAL ASCOT went to YORK |
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It did indeed onlooker and a very enjoyable week although the communal singing afterwards made me realise where we were as ilkley moor bar tat is a bit different than land of hope and glory ,Newmarket applied to hold it which of course was ridiculous as at the time there would have been no more than 8 hotels in the local area,one of my favourite horses red clubs won the Coventry that year,on another note those who enjoy 2 mile races have royal ascot at York to thank as York changed the track to accommodate the royal ascot long distance races,the other course who applied for it was Newbury which did get a consolation when given the king George.
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Just looked back at the opening day at York onlooker no idea why but the meeting started with the king stand stakes the Queen Anne was race 3
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jimnast ... york pub the fox by any chance ? very decent proper place .
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No Windsor I can never remember the name might be the hop I’ll find out where is the fox I’ll give that a try
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Yes it’s the hop on fossgate
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Coventry Stks was race 1 ,jimnast.
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RA at goodwood and then glorious goodwood next month would have been illogical.
York is certainly a more important track across the season. Goodwood is like Epsom in that sense, once a year it is important. At least Royal Ascot North wasn't a gimmick. |
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According to the form books Penzance it went
King stand Coventry Queen Anne St James palace Chesham Ascot stakes I must admit I don’t remember either way |
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What do you have as the last race of the meeting?
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Queen Alexandra
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Yes fair point about goodwood cider ,I’ll tell you what was ruined as a day out oaks day that year the decided to do a royal Ascot type ladies day as there wasn’t going to be one at Ascot ever since that day the crowd oaks day are just pests ,it was a good day prior to that
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I have the Duke of Edinburgh but looking at the times mines wrong it says only a 10 minute gap between races 4 and 5 and 25 minutes between 5 and 6
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Queen Mary Penzance ?
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