Ebor meeting now bigger than Glorious Goodwoood

Yes ….fairer track for one…..

It's not a bigger meeting though.

For some reason rtv are going into hype overdrive over it this year.

Juddmonte and Sussex Stakes are certainly on par…..

Nunthorpe….etc….

Flat track.York super City drowning in history…..nice people,no snobbery……

Take note when a trainer like John Gosden prefers it to southern tracks….

Also the favourite for Michael Stoute….

the nassau and goodwood cup has only been upgraded to group1 ,   im sure the sussex was group 2 up to around the 1980s, am i correct ? thx.     just curiosity according to wiki sussex has been group1 since the 1800s !

The Nassau has been g1 for many years.

Ask the top owner,trainer and rider,think they’ll say York all day tbh…..

When people refer to a 'big' meeting it's the perception overall isn't it. For me, GG is second in the pecking order of the flat season. No doubt that York has gotten bigger over recent years, but not yet usurped Goodwood for prominence in my opinion.

The bags are packed the suits are cleaned the shirts are pressed the shoes are polished looking forward to the best meeting of the year.
Good luck .
Hope you are all well.
Ronnie.

You're gonna be a bit late for RA, ronnie

I would like to go to York at some point. Probably when Labour let me at my pension.

Labour? It was the Conservatives, and specifically George Osborne, who raised the pension age.

Yes Cider me too. Would be a fab few days. Maybe ronnie r will enlighten us for a nice hotel package close to track. Not so easy to find winners doh.R. Fahey often would target it with a nice one, but he not getting many wins lately. Oisin Orr is flying and will surely be moving to a bigger yard full time soon.

A semi joke, but the jungle drums are beating that Burnham is planning to hike it up again. What's the opposite of sweet spot, as I was born in it! Black hole? It was meant to be 55 and now potentially 58.

Also known as a 'Policy Blind Spot' and a 'Civil Service' nirvana.

Osborne should be in a dark place imo…..

York 4 G1s  all at sensible distances  ( 1m4f or less )   York is different class

You have a admit defeat Cider tbf.

Only thing I’ve never liked about Yorkshire is the ale,dreadful stuff….

we have someone suggesting goodwood is a better meeting than york and now another slagging off the beer in yorkshire . this is clickbait , wind up material or mental illness . not sure which .

I was opening the debate ;)

tbh I don't feel that there is a large differential, but it came up because the guests on rtv this morning confidently claimed that York was bigger. When I had to book time off work to view the festivals, I went for the two obvious ones plus GG.

ronnie rails ,
i thought you,dhave had a nice pair of what i call sky sports presenter trainers ,black with the white soles,go nice with your summer suit and a lot more comy on your feet

1stp.
Samuel Windsor loafers i have 5 pairs.
Its not a crime to be skint.
Its a crime to look skint.
Hope you are well.
Ronnie.

No...

But properly referenced: meeting and Glorious.

well done RONNIE i,d expect nothing else from you,as my auld gran used to say,you can always judge a man by the quality of the  shoes he wears, enjoy,i,m half tempted to pop along to see OMBUDSMAN myself this week,be a late call with an eye on the weather

windsor knot 16 Aug 26 17:24 
we have someone suggesting goodwood is a better meeting than york and now another slagging off the beer in yorkshire . this is clickbait , wind up material or mental illness . not sure which .

LoL….I’ve stated before I’ve been to York races over 30 times and thoroughly enjoy the city,just not the York ale…..dreadful….real ale at room temperature…..nope.

Almost as bad as the Irish stuff,and that’s bad tbh….

youisavinalaff

one of its redeeming features is the sherbet. there aint many

this from someone who drinks 7 quid bottles of plonk

Last time I went the mighty Tryptych powered home (in the Matchmaker International I think it was called) in the mud with Stevie Cauthen on board in 1987. Where has nearly 40 years gone?

MR Spock .
You will like this i has a share in a book  one of the years the mare won it was a cracking pitch in the silver ring pick 1 or 2 we ran out of cash one race to go we took the board down a very small field in the last 25/1 wins i could have

I can remember the ground was like a bog and peoples cars where being towed out of the car park. I presume you never bet on the last Ronnie, sods law.

Mr Spock.
We had no cash left.
Hope you are well.
Ronnie.

Have been there more times than I wish to recall Ronnie. I used to have a joint with my brother at Winsford and St Helens greyhounds in the 80's. Enjoyed every minute but it was hard work and you could write a book on the characters that came and went.

Mr S i swear this i true  we went to pick the pitch owner up but he was not in he was out window cleaning we were lat setting off we got stuck in traffick and was not going to get there in time for a pick the pitch holder managed to flag a moter bike down and get him there with minutes to spare.
Ronnie.

All a matter of opinion but York in a different league imo,a while since I've been to Goodwood but the facilities at York in a different league,re the racing every race has at least 100k ,every hcp a class 2.Goodwood filled out with class 3's and even a class 4,always enjoy your posts Cider but surely this is a wind up?

I couldn't agree more Ribero.

I have nothing against Goodwood but it can't lace York's boots.

york 7 race 3 day card midweek  was better though

I couldn’t think of many years the Sussex stakes could compare with the judmonte it seems almost every year the judmonte is the strongest race of the season occasionally pipped by the Irish champion stakes I would think 2011 was the only time this century the Sussex was the better race .

As for the beer in Yorkshire well that’s on a different planet ,not talking about the racecourse stuff.

Mr spock

Remember that day very well it sure was a wet one what a pair tryptich and Steve Cauthen still my favourite ever jockey.

You like Teteleys heavy jimnast ?

Or bitter as it’s known

No I don’t like that one form wouldn’t wash my feet in it ,

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.

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.

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.

Good grief Tommy newci brown is like the speckled hen…….I would water the plant with it lol

I’ve tried them all tbh it’s now miller,bud or Australian white Chardonnay…..all from the fridge…

Formoftheace - I don't get it with all these Peroni/Moretti/Buds etc. I do like Whyte & MacKay though.

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.

Also agree with Tommy about all those buds moretti type garbage

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.

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….

I was there that day Cagliari…..i remember a cold shiver,you must have walked past me ….

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

Don’t forget kestrel lager about 10p a can still overpriced

formoftheace Joined: 17 Apr 12
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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

His palate matches the rest of him,Busy

Harsh tbh….

Tried £20 plonk,yuk….

What does busy drink ?

Anything from Invalid Stout to Embalming fluid

White lightning i imagine……

Plenty of hotels with rooms vacant

Ronnie.

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

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?

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

Just 1 example

Holiday inn 4 nights 1038 no parking breakfast another 16.99 each person each day

Look forward to it Ronnie ,a good forumite Andrew from Sweden is coming over for Wednesday hopefully you could meet up with him.

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

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.

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

jimnast ... york pub the fox by any chance ? very decent proper place .

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

Yes it’s the hop on fossgate

Coventry Stks was race 1 ,jimnast.

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.

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

What do you have as the last race of the meeting?

Queen Alexandra

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

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

Queen Mary Penzance ?

jimnast ... fox is on holgate road . unless you are lame its an ok walk from the course . volunteer nearby on watson street another really good spot . timothy taylor too .

Wednesday -  4.55

Last race according to mine which says 555 anyway I doesn’t really matter,just looking back at the week Howard Johnson did well with his 2 year olds id forgotten he trained them.

I wonder why they didn’t start with the Queen Anne

Couldn't replicate the race?

Cheers Windsor they will get a visit this week I have looked the fox up don’t recall it but does look good.

In what way cider ? The race was still run but obviously not over a straight mile valixer beat the odds on favourite rakti

Yes I'm thinking the QA being over the straight mile is synonymous with opening the meeting. So maybe felt too jarring as they wanted it to seem as close to normal as possible.

It's a blur now, bits of it must have been pretty odd, the hunt cup not a straight mile for example.

Looks like the Coventry was the 1ST race for a while.
2003 - 2007.

It was all round very different cider as a one of it was fine and nowhere else could have done it better ,up till then we had never seen horses pass the winning post with another circuit to go ,can’t really remember the hunt cup just checked up 22 ran ,the st James palace was won by shamadal sadly he never raced again.don’t know what the city was like as I went by train each day,but I would imagine it would have been very busy.

Good detective work there Penzance I should have remembered that as three valleys won the first race which I remember now.

No worries, be lucky @ York.

Cheers Penzance good luck to you also I feel quite a bit of it will be needed this week ,

It usually is there,jimnast.
Much as I like the Meeting,it has never been easy to win there

I found the straight course easier to bet on than the round course uptheirons but yes very hard.

I usually give the Handicaps a miss nowdays

jimnast, hope you are well. Regarding the different running order, I wonder if it may have had anything to do with ease of stalls positioning? At RA they start at 1m straight, then 6f, then 5f. They just shove the stalls down the straight. With no straight mile at York perhaps it was easier to do as they did? No idea really, just a thought.
I am in the Parade Ring tomorrow. Just doing a day trip. Punting is unlikely to be assisted by a decent drop of overnight rain on watered ground. Hard enough to sort out where the best stall position is there at the best of times. I may stick to the food'n'fizz and go easy. I was sorry to miss your message a few weeks back. Not being rude I just didn't glance up at that part of the screen. I shall drop you a liner now. All the best.

I’m well thanks Donegal hope you are also,no worries about the message it’s very easily done.the change in race order may well have something to do with the track as you say .

Good luck tomorrow