I noticed a few weeks back there was no flat racing the day after the Derby and no surprise a thread has been created on the subject.
It’s madness that British Racing doesn’t have the foresight to back up one of its biggest day’s of the year with a couple of decent flat cards the following day.
I’ve made the point before that I expected Racing for Change (Great British Racing) to pick up the baton and provide incentives for the likes of Musselburgh to move their excellent card back a day.
The problem as I see it is that Saturday is the premium day for Corporate Guests / Alcohol sales / Paying Customers and this is a fair chunk of revenue to lose. Moving a fixture such as Musselburgh’s to the Sunday means a reduction in revenue with no alternative source out there.
Racecourse argues that Saturday is best day for maximising revenue and providing the highest level of prize money. Other days are a pale shadow of what is on offer on Saturdays. The vicious circle continues and hard to see an end to it.