New Posts For Thread: Irish racecourses should look about letting people in for freehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-freeI was in the west mindlands the other day and decided to go to the balck country and ended up in Wolverhampton racecourse. Free in, not a bad crowd for a cold Monday with poor racing. I know they do the same in France according to a friend who livesWell I for one think there is great value to be had this weekend on the sporting from €13 to see a repeat of the all-ireland plus a cracker beforehand and then punchestown on Sunday €10 in worth the fee alone to see Big Zeb against Sizing Europehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515929479#515929479Well I for one think there is great value to be had this weekend on the sporting from €13 to see a repeat of the all-ireland plus a cracker beforehand and then punchestown on Sunday €10 in worth the fee alone to see Big Zeb against Sizing EuropeSat, 04 Feb 2012 03:52:44 -0600"Hive it off and let it be run on a commercial basis" - like they did in england Santry?? Huge success that that has been.Fred hasn't paid them a penny yet! Disaster.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515914639#515914639"Hive it off and let it be run on a commercial basis" - like they did in england Santry?? Huge success that that has been.Fred hasn't paid them a penny yet! Disaster.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:41:41 -0600Step into the century Wildman, i think if they made midweek evening fixtures free and Thursday in the winter, the racing industry would not be looking for money off punters who don't bet on their sport. My friend you have a lot to learn as there is ahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515914207#515914207Step into the century Wildman, i think if they made midweek evening fixtures free and Thursday in the winter, the racing industry would not be looking for money off punters who don't bet on their sport. My friend you have a lot to learn as there is aFri, 03 Feb 2012 15:31:18 -0600It would be interesting to know how many paid in to Dundalk tonight.Not many, I suspect.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515909421#515909421It would be interesting to know how many paid in to Dundalk tonight.Not many, I suspect.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:22:30 -0600Yes Soapp .I have two free passes for Sunday. The Racing Annual one and Spoilsports were giving out free passes at Leopardstown last Sunday.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515906905#515906905Yes Soapp .I have two free passes for Sunday. The Racing Annual one and Spoilsports were giving out free passes at Leopardstown last Sunday.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:15:03 -0600Vouchers for free entry to some meetings in the Irish Racing Annual.Santry there is one in it for Punchestown this Sunday.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515906701#515906701Vouchers for free entry to some meetings in the Irish Racing Annual.Santry there is one in it for Punchestown this Sunday.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:08:06 -0600Mallow was free for a Monday meeting (flat) last August and got a very healthy crowd.I wouldn't blame the Tote for the delay in announcing their free days this year. A lot of courses only begin to negotiate in January after their admission prices havhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515906631#515906631Mallow was free for a Monday meeting (flat) last August and got a very healthy crowd.I wouldn't blame the Tote for the delay in announcing their free days this year. A lot of courses only begin to negotiate in January after their admission prices havFri, 03 Feb 2012 12:06:26 -0600The Tote Go Racing Club had some good offers of free days last year but this initiative to give something back to regular racegoers seems to have run out of steam as no offers at all this year. Vouchers for free entry to some meetings in the Irish Rahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515906015#515906015The Tote Go Racing Club had some good offers of free days last year but this initiative to give something back to regular racegoers seems to have run out of steam as no offers at all this year. Vouchers for free entry to some meetings in the Irish RaFri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:21 -0600It lost money alright and lost money the previous ten years as well.There may well be some mechanism where ye can hide these losses but ye can`t hide the fact that the Tote has made no contributions to the H.R.I.s coffers for donkey years.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515904011#515904011It lost money alright and lost money the previous ten years as well.There may well be some mechanism where ye can hide these losses but ye can`t hide the fact that the Tote has made no contributions to the H.R.I.s coffers for donkey years.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:57:57 -0600also if you had a tote account you would have got 34 free racedays last year - including galway plate, punchestown, leop, fhouse, listowel .....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28893543/irish-racecourses-should-look-about-letting-people-in-for-free?post_id=515903221#515903221also if you had a tote account you would have got 34 free racedays last year - including galway plate, punchestown, leop, fhouse, listowel .....Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:36:58 -0600