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31 Aug 26
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Leaving aside connections. Is it people just going for a day out who don't care what they are watching, or are there actually people who like watching rubbish horses?
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I'm an 1875 lounge annual member @ Sandown and I just renewed my annual members for Plumpton.
I rarely miss a meeting at both and I go to Huntingdon a fair bit as well as my bro lives near there so stay with him for a family get together in the restaurant. The hospitality at Huntingdon puts bigger tracks to shame and I love the place. |
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Cartmel and Carlisle for me. Neither of them are rubbish.
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Destroyed by disco music…..
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Absolutely love going racing member of go racing in Yorkshire,uttoxeter access to all arc tracks ,and Cheltenham,nowhere’s to far for me although I won’t go to 6 race cards other than Ascot.
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I haven't gone flat racing in three years. Just doesn't do anything for me. Still go jumping but not as often as I used to.
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I try to go as often as my circumstances allow. I was at Leopardstown and Punchestown earlier in the year, as well München (Riem) Longchamp and a few domestic meetings including Newbury, Yarmouth and York/Juddmonte, the latter couple for the first time. I will be at Lingfield (another first) this Thursday assuming Lady Of Clover runs (expected) and off to Longchamp on Sunday for the Arc trials. I certainly care what i watch as it's not cheap, but i love it and i've met quite a few off here.
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I used to be a member of the Scottish tracks,frequently racing in Yorkshire,unfortunately a long long time ago…..
Think Kelso must be the only one where you can relax,….. My local Perth is much of a muchness nowadays….. |
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Kelso is great form
Talking about the Scottish circuit I’m astonished Musselburgh will no longer stage festival trials weekend as a two day meeting,it’s a real shame. |
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Home baking jimnast ,or upstairs for soup in front of the open fire…..
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Regular, 2 or 3 times a month, South West jumps tracks
Newton Abbot, Taunton, Wincanton, Exeter, Hereford and Cheltenham Occasionally Worcester and Stratford A great day out |
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Aintree ,haydock ,maybe chester ,if the weather is nice
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I try to go at least once a month. Mainly midweek. Carlisle October, Sandown December both days, Ascot January & Ayr April both days are already booked.
Stopped going to "Festival Meetings" in UK & have been to 3 of the last 4 Breeder's Cups. Works out cheaper for a week in the sun in Novemer in USA. Next year might not be too warm but the new Belmont looks very impressive. We're in 1875 on the Friday Tingle Creek, Slippy. |
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Mainly Brighton and Plumpton. Brighton is still great on a hot day at the track, and the complete reverse is Plumpton which gives just a classic NH feel during those colder autumnal/winter days. Love both.
Lingfield is close to me but I've never felt the same vibe going there even for the NH meetings. |
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It seems everyone loves Kelso and it’s perfectly understandable why,if I’m racing in Ireland and get talking to fellow race goers it’s always Kelso I first recommend they visit if they come over to the uk,Ireland itself has some great racecourses and I sometimes think they don’t know how lucky they are as the cost of entry is mainly much cheaper and the standard of racecourse food is a million miles better,also from a travelling point there’s hardly anyone on the roads. |
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Plumpton is great Horatio would comfortably get in my top ten.
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100 % jimnast,all to do with the borders way of life…..used to enjoy my drive down there…..brawling and sockless free …..
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Interesting point about the brawling form quite often booze is to blame when there’s trouble on English racecourses yet I’ve never seen trouble in Scotland and bearing in mind how much the Scot’s drink that’s a very fair effort.
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Yeah they like a dram or two. I can honestly say I’ve never had alcohol on a racecourse in forty years attending,punting and beer…..oh dear !
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I’ve heard a few squawking at jockeys in my time having lost ten bob each way……comical stuff.
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At York the other week, they had sniffer dogs and honestly boxes to drop drugs in before entering. That's a first for me.
I'm well over 20 meetings this year, mainly Scottish tracks, live in central Scotland but also Newcastle, Sedgefield, Hexham, Carlisle, Catterick, have done Whetherby, Thirsk, Ripon, Pontefract in the past. I don't mind travelling I wouldn't call them rubbish horses, they all have their place imho had plenty good days watching class 5 and 6 races, each to their own though |
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Maybe once or twice a month on the courses reachable from South London.
Saying that few of us having a reunion in a couple of weeks time at Sedgefield and Redcar, two new courses for me, only got half a dozen or so to go. |
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stopped at Covid not been since
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There’s a chippy on course at sedgefield the fish and chips are very good ,Redcar is much better than people make out |
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member of 5 racecourses - Sandown, Newmarket, Goodwood, Epsom and Cheltenham. Go to 60% of those meetings + all the big meetings at Ascot and the odd ones here and there elsewhere. Plumpton, Newbury etc. Probably do 60-70 a year minimum. Trying to do them all in time. Planning a Hexham/Newcastle NH double in a few months. Mainly Yorkshire, Eastern England and Scotland to do. We shall see.
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Jimnast
'There’s a chippy on course at sedgefield the fish and chips are very good ,Redcar is much better than people make out'. Do they fry the chips in beef dripping? Had some at Ripon a few years back and totally different to the ones done in veg oil. I'll find out Monday week, thanks. |
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To be honest lovegod I don’t know but the chippy is on a par with the one at Ripon
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Back to the racing. My mate and I thought Sandown was the best course until we went to York a few years ago, now we can't get back to York quick enough.
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Good afternoon Donegal hope your well
Hexham is very unique you’ll love the place,Newcastle has a similar problem as kempton and Ayr it’s to big for the crowds they get other than one or two days a year also your a long way from the track. |
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I first went to sandown the night before shergar won the derby little has changed there since still a great racecourse but probably needs a few quid spending on it without changing thinks to much,York spend money every year on improving the experience and they do a great job , |
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An interesting thread tbh….
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thanks jimnast. All well enough here as I hope it is with you. I am looking forward to Hexham and including Newcastle as it seems daft to go all that way and only do 1. It is NH as well so it may be ok. I replied to Ronnie about the Parade Ring on the thread we had about York a few weeks back and tried to message him but not sure if I got it right tbh. If you are in touch with him , might you let him know? We have just booked for next year already!
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Certainly will Donegal
A big plus about Newcastle is the city if your able to stay there. |
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Going to York on Sunday family day taking the wife my 24 Nephew and his girl freind said to them we can go into the parade ring restaraunt or go to the ivy for breakfast then el gaucho steakhouse for dinner its up to you .The vote was the ivy then el Groucho going have to back a few winners to pay for it . Hope you are all well. Ronnie. |
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Just sent you a text Ronnie regarding Donegals post anyway you were already on it .
Hope your well |
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Thank you Jimnast.
Anybody need a couple of tickets Cheltenham trials day please pm me always try to help Ronnie. |
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Trials day clashes with the opening day of the Dublin festival and the only day of Scottish trials day this season
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On average since 2013, I have been racing 180 times a year at tracks ranging from Catterick to Newamrket to Haydock, with trips to Ascot, Brighton, Sandown as well. Member of ROA, Beverley, Ponty snd Southwell (thus all ARC tracks).
I just do not underastand why people prefer to sit and home backing horses. If they can get to a track, they can still bet on here via mobile phones and the advantages are tremedous in seeing the horses pre-race. But other than that, it is still a great way to spend time. Wekeends during high summer can very occasionally be poor with stupid behaviour but midweeks, once the kids go back to school, are great. Ripon yesterday was lovely, reasonable crowd but not too many and no idiots hollering and screaming after two furlongs of a 10 furlongs race!! Although, one youngish girl did ask her companion 'do the horses really have to go all the way down to the start and then come all the way back to race?' How people like her get through everyday modern life is beyond me! If you know your racing but sit and home to bet, and if you can afford it, then get out to the tracks. Bad horse or good horses, you will not be disappointed... And there ends my advertisment for Go Racing in the UK!!! (But I meant every word of it). |
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Well said The Knight.
I don’t go racing as much as I used to, but still love the on course vibe and spectacle………usually. Won’t go weekends, in school holidays, ladies days, or pop music meetings. |
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I agree TK, it's still a great day out
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