Friday, 17 September 2010

The National Hunt racing scene in Wales

Posted by Matt Bisogno on September 14, 2010 · 9 Comments 

The National Hunt Horse Racing scene in Wales is in a very exciting place at the moment.  The region, already on an upward curve was given a turbo boost with the advent of Ffos Las, Wales’ new racecourse!  The new course has quickly bedded itself into the racing calendar and will augment the domestic racing scene for years to come.  If proof was needed on 17 June 2010 (the first anniversary of the course) Welsh trainers won every race on the card!

The latest concern is that the cash strapped BHA might be culling up to 150 fixtures for 2011.  Ffos Las were given 28 meetings for 2010 but are only guaranteed 16 meetings for 2011, a number that means the course will lose money.

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