Our racing will become a very small, sordid and rather unworkable thing unless something is done to help the racecourses.
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A healthy racing industry will benefit everyone from trainers, jockeys and stable staff toracecoursestaff and other associated industries.
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It includes racehorse breeders, owners, trainers, jockeys, stable lads,racecourseowners and the betting industry.
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There is a lovelyracecoursein the very centre, where private planes arrive with jockeys.
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Obviously it would affect the trainers, the jockeys,racecourseoperators, bookmakers, and the punters.
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Cannot theracecourseauthorities provide some form of prefabricated building alongside the bookmaker's stand?
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In 1958 the bookmakers started what was called aracecourseamenities fund to help racecourses to provide amenities for the public.
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If you take 800 bookmakers at £10, that amounts to £8,000 that they take away from oneracecoursealone every week during the racing season.
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This industry is declining because revenue from racecourses is declining, attendances are going down.
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Thirdly, the number of trainers is decreasing and, fourthly, we can see from the figures that attendances at racecourses are static or even declining.
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There is associated with racing the idea that rich people own racecourses, and that all racecourses make a fantastic profit.
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It contains light and heavy engineering, an industrial estate, aracecourse, and various leisure facilities on a comprehensive scale.
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There are the questions of the carriage of racehorses and of air-landing strips close to the racecourses.
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Is it not really better that horse-racing should have some benefit from this great stream of cash which goes pouring through the racecourses?
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It provides substantial employment in racing stables and racecourses throughout the country.
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