Hello USA

I am not sure you can suggest it is marginal when around 150,000
people went to the Kentucky Derby. If my understanding was
correct this was the second largest ever crowd. I am not suggesting,
of course, for one minute that you do not know what you are talking
about, but I understood it was a thriving industry.

The four days of Royal Ascot will only marginally beat the numbers for
the Kentucky Derby. You enjoy a much greater spectacle with your
major meetings but I am nor sure whether the gambling interest is as
strong there as it is here.

I read recently that around £75 millions are gambled everyday here in
the United Kingdom - all forms of gambling of course. It is still on
the
increase and it is expected to rise still further when betting tax is
abolished possibly in October 2001 or certainly January 2002.

I understand that in Europe interest is still very strong and of
course in the
Middle East you have an enormous interest and no real gambling.
regards
GWS
----- Original Message -----
From: Carlotta Cooper <eshever@...>
To: <UK_Horse_Racing@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [UK_Horse_Racing] Re: hello


> I'm glad to see some talk on this list, too. I guess I've been
hesitant to
> say anything because I'm in the U.S.
>
> Do those of you in the UK believe that horse racing interests more
people
> there than it does in the U.S.? I just watched a nice two-hour
program
> called "The History of Racing" on one of the American cable
channels. I'm
> just baffled as to why racing is now just a marginal activity to
most people
> in the U.S. when it was the number one sport for many decades here.
>
> Has there also been a decline in interest in the UK and Europe, or
is this
> just an American problem?
>
> Regards,
> Carlotta Cooper
>
> > From: "Perry Capon" <perry.capon@...>
> > Reply-To: UK_Horse_Racing@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 19:22:34 +0100
> > To: <UK_Horse_Racing@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [UK_Horse_Racing] Re: hello
> >
> > hi steve
> >
> > having seen a reply on the morning line thi morning, why didn't he
look behind
> > before easy on the horse.
> > i think ban is long enough, but maybe a fine as well, may hit them
immediately
> > and give them more to think about. though apparently if he does it
again
> > within 12 months he gets another ban for three months, surely the
threat of
> > that will stop a repeat performance
> >
>
>
>
>
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>
>


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