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Track’s MD bemoans sport’s failure to turn the once-a-year punters at historic meeting into regular racing fansShortly after the Stewards’ Cup 12 months ago, the brave – or foolhardy – racegoers who had stuck it out until the feature race on the final day of Glorious Goodwood started to squelch their way towards the car parks or the bus queue to escape from the Downs after the stewards abandoned the remainder of the card.“It poured down from the Wednesday,” says Adam Waterworth, Goodwood’s managing director. “Some of those people who came last year won’t be returning, because frankly, they had a thoroughly miserable time. Continue reading…
Track’s MD bemoans sport’s failure to turn the once-a-year punters at historic meeting into regular racing fans
Shortly after the Stewards’ Cup 12 months ago, the brave – or foolhardy – racegoers who had stuck it out until the feature race on the final day of Glorious Goodwood started to squelch their way towards the car parks or the bus queue to escape from the Downs after the stewards abandoned the remainder of the card.
“It poured down from the Wednesday,” says Adam Waterworth, Goodwood’s managing director. “Some of those people who came last year won’t be returning, because frankly, they had a thoroughly miserable time.
