Student Race Day Wednesday Leopardstown

UrbanSea

Hi lads,
Anyone going to this Wednesday? Tenner in with a free pint, fiver bet, free programme and entrance to one of three clubs on the night

poisonated

I am tempted alright. Sounds fairly good!

UrbanSea

Ticket has to be bought before arriving though, tenner at the gate and no freebies

BOHtox

Gonna try to get tickets today or hopefully tomorrow if they still are selling them in the college

Gavin "shels"

BOHtox wrote: »

Gonna try to get tickets today or hopefully tomorrow if they still are selling them in the college

Early bird tickets finish at 5pm today, ITT are stopping at 3pm I think as they need numbers for the bus.

BOHtox

Yeah I picked one up at about 2. Put my name on the bus as well!

UrbanSea

Should be a great day

sting60

UrbanSea wrote: »

Hi lads,
Anyone going to this Wednesday? Tenner in with a free pint, fiver bet, free programme and entrance to one of three clubs on the night

I think Glor Na Mara is the bet on the card.Welds in the first and a paul deegan horse Crouching Harry, if money.

UrbanSea

Some I was leaning towards:
Aegean Sky in the first. Very well backed first time out but disappointed, surely better was expected and at least Prendergast's horses are in good nick this time of year, unlike O'Brien's otherwise I'd be backing Along on her pedigree.

I might go against my own philosophy and back Taigan, I've been waiting for this horse to run for quite a while after a very good debut.

Third race I'll probably leave. Furner's Green should piss it but the fact he's still odds against shows O'Brien's form at this time of year. That said he is being backed, but I wonder how Dylan Thomas' are going to train on

Forth race I like Golden Shoe. Always gives his running and should be there or thereabouts.

Backing Purple in this one. 5/1 is very big I think. Hasn't shown a whole lot but the fact she was backed off the boards first time up against Was tells me she might be better than a mark of 73

Roman Flight in the next one. Ran a nice race last time at Dundalk after a long break. He's race fit and should improve for that. I backed Glor na Mara once sting when he won his maiden but he raced 3 days ago over 6 furlongs shorter, it looks like a guessing game with him now

UrbanSea

Benefit of Porter in the last. Look at the types of handicaps he was running well in last back end. Big chance today I think

ft9

Bolger and Manning having a good day.

2 winners and a second after 4 races. Have a small bet on Glor Na Mara myself, hopefully they can keep it up.

danbrosnan

UrbanSea wrote: »

Some I was leaning towards:
Aegean Sky in the first. Very well backed first time out but disappointed, surely better was expected and at least Prendergast's horses are in good nick this time of year, unlike O'Brien's otherwise I'd be backing Along on her pedigree.

I might go against my own philosophy and back Taigan, I've been waiting for this horse to run for quite a while after a very good debut.

Third race I'll probably leave. Furner's Green should piss it but the fact he's still odds against shows O'Brien's form at this time of year. That said he is being backed, but I wonder how Dylan Thomas' are going to train on

Forth race I like Golden Shoe. Always gives his running and should be there or thereabouts.

Backing Purple in this one. 5/1 is very big I think. Hasn't shown a whole lot but the fact she was backed off the boards first time up against Was tells me she might be better than a mark of 73

Roman Flight in the next one. Ran a nice race last time at Dundalk after a long break. He's race fit and should improve for that. I backed Glor na Mara once sting when he won his maiden but he raced 3 days ago over 6 furlongs shorter, it looks like a guessing game with him now

Lads you were fair wrong last night!!!

UrbanSea

Thank **** I ended up only backing 3.

The Peroni on tap was filthy at the track

finbarrk

Limerick was crazy this evening with drunk students. Must have been 10,000 there. Couldn't even hear the race commentaries in the stand!

meriwether

finbarrk wrote: »

Limerick was crazy this evening with drunk students. Must have been 10,000 there. Couldn't even hear the race commentaries in the stand!

And thats where it all goes wrong.

convert

finbarrk wrote: »

Limerick was crazy this evening with drunk students. Must have been 10,000 there. Couldn't even hear the race commentaries in the stand!

Nightmare

Gavin "shels"

ITT SU are talking about a possible college day out for Punchestown! :cool:

finbarrk

Actually they announced on twitter their attendance in Limerick was 12,600. They wouldn't get it at Christmas.

mr.jingle

finbarrk wrote: »

Limerick was crazy this evening with drunk students. Must have been 10,000 there. Couldn't even hear the race commentaries in the stand!

This says it all really. I'm always up for a laugh and a few drinks but this is ridiculous:eek::eek::eek:

http://youtu.be/ObZtjW5-R9A

Hulk Hands

Lads in fairness will ye get out giving out about the students. It's been like that the last 4 years, and any non-student going should know well what to expect in advance. It's only one meet in the year, and if your not comfortable with it you shouldnt go. The students get a good day out, the racecourse makes a few bob and the organisers Spin get a load of publicity. It's win/win for everyone. I've been there the last 3 years (not this year), and the quality of racing is so poor that you have to get bladdered to enjoy it. Great day out though

convert

mr.jingle wrote: »

This says it all really. I'm always up for a laugh and a few drinks but this is ridiculous:eek::eek::eek:

http://youtu.be/ObZtjW5-R9A

Classy! :rolleyes:

Gavin shels wrote: »

ITT SU are talking about a possible college day out for Punchestown! :cool:

:eek: I'll have to make sure to avoid that day like the plague.

I'm all for encouraging students to get into racing, but that kind of behaviour is totally uncalled for. Yeah, fair enough, have a few drinks and enjoy the day, but don't ruin everyone else's day by being 'that' guy/girl/group... Muppets!

Hulk Hands

It shouldn't be anyone else's day. If you went into the college bar in UL and you seen drunken noisy students, would you complain? Same story here. Non students on student day should either not go or put up and shut up

Gavin "shels"

convert wrote: »

:eek: I'll have to make sure to avoid that day like the plague.

The way the lad in the SU was talking about it, it would only be an ITT day out and not an actual Dublin wide college day, so they're be like 100 max or so.

convert

Hulk Hands wrote: »

It shouldn't be anyone else's day. If you went into the college bar in UL and you seen drunken noisy students, would you complain? Same story here. Non students on student day should either not go or put up and shut up

So it shouldn't be the owners' day, who are looking forward to watching their horse run, and who, by paying training fees, entry fees, jockey's fees, etc., are actually providing the day's entertainment so the students can actually go racing? Or the annual badge holders who visit the racecourse on a regular basis? So to say that these people, who support the industry, shouldn't go to the races simply because it's a 'student day' is a bit much!

I've been to plenty of student race days and, in general, they're fine, but the muppetry and behaviour in the you-tube clip is OTT, regardless of whether it's in a student bar, a normal pub or club, or the racecourse...

Oh, and I wouldn't walk into the college bar in UL - it'd be UCD or Trinity! :cool:

mccarte2

Some OTT reactions from people here talking about the students. You'd see just as bad from non-students on the Friday of Punchestown or any day of the Galway festival.

If 5-10% of the students who attended Leopardstown or Limerick last week took a genuine interest in racing (and not just the p1ss up) it would be a massive massive success.

convert

mccarte2 wrote: »

Some OTT reactions from people here talking about the students. You'd see just as bad from non-students on the Friday of Punchestown or any day of the Galway festival.

There's a reason I don't go to Punchestown on the Friday or to any day of Galway... It's just bedlam! And a lot of those who really bug me are the younger girls, who are mostly secondary school and college students....

And my post was mostly in response to Hulk's post staying that non-students shouldn't go to student race days....

mccarte2

convert wrote: »

There's a reason I don't go to Punchestown on the Friday or to any day of Galway... It's just bedlam! And a lot of those who really bug me are the younger girls, who are mostly secondary school and college students....

And my post was mostly in response to Hulk's post staying that non-students shouldn't go to student race days....

I wasn't picking at any post in particular convert - was just a general comment

One of the drunkest people I saw in Punchestown last year was someone is employed by RTE television & has nothing to do with racing. They're neither a student or a younger girl so it's not always the case!

For clarification purposes I am neither a student or a younger girl either :pac:

sting60

Firstly I think Its brilliant to see so many students enjoying their evening out at the races.As a student a good few years ago we went to Galway in a VW van [banger].We were there to back Pearlstone to win the Galway hurdle.After he won we decided to go to England in the van and drove to Brighton races and were gone for a very drunken week.If the current students can bring memories of their racing days into later years that would be so well worth the effort by the racing authorities.

Huntley

sting60 wrote: »

As a student a good few years ago we went to Galway in a VW van [banger].We were there to back Pearlstone to win the Galway hurdle.After he won we decided to go to England in the van and drove to Brighton races and were gone for a very drunken week.

Have you considered writing a book about your tales?

Your ability to immerse yourself in these fictional situations really is second to none.

UrbanSea

I think it's a good idea. Yes most of them will be out for the beer, but as said previously, even if a minority become involved in racing it is a success.

sting60

Well done everybody ,for the people who dont like students please come forward.

finbarrk

UrbanSea wrote: »

I think it's a good idea. Yes most of them will be out for the beer, but as said previously, even if a minority become involved in racing it is a success.

Funnily enough, I met 3 of them in Thurles yesterday evening and they were on their second days racing ever. Their first was in Limerick laast week! I think they were a bit dissapointed with Thurles, but it won't stop them going racing again they said.

UrbanSea

If they went to Punchestown or to the Curragh next it'd fairly open their eyes