End of a LONG week 🥵🥵🥵 Ascot Racecourse

It’s a generational thing as your say. I’m 26 for context, very few people in my friendship group who even understand the concept of betting, most think “you can only lose so what’s the point” or that “if you bet you must be an addict” to coin a few thoughts/phrases etc. Secondly, the sport has done this to itself, by shunning betting into a dark corner and promoting everything else, surprise surprise betting has become dirty. I tell you now I wouldn’t be telling majority of my work colleagues in the office that I bet on the side and some months make extra cash and some months I lose, they’d probably refer me to HR to get help. That’s what has happened to gambling ultimately, it’s become dirty topic. Social media has impacted racing monumentally and it’s understated in my opinion how much damage it’s done. I know tipping lines existed back in my dads days and you’d get tips in the papers etc. However now you go on social media it’s plastered with tipsters that are all ultimately clueless grifters who are stealing a living off the most gullible. The impact this has is obvious an 18-24 year old lets say for the sake of this, comes across xyz tipster booming winners saying he’s won 20k and he lives in Dubai and hires onlyfans models to shag nightly and if you pay 50£ a month for example you can too, then when you realise it’s a scam and you’ve done your dough you ultimately associate horse racing with a scam and don’t touch a sport that in their eyes is completely bent. (There are obviously a few good tipsters but you can imagine the two biggest frauds). This coupled with online betting restrictions meaning more people give up, followed then by extortionate entrance fees, and transport costs, it’s hardly sustainable for the average person. Lastly, lack of education, my generation and the generation younger than me unless they take an interest won’t have the foggiest idea whats fractions mean, and will be just as confused by decimals. I don’t think you’ll recover to the days you remember unless a radical change in people’s finances and the way the game promotes betting happens. P.s the longer it takes to get the SP back into the ring the faster the invitable decline in my opinion. You still did better than me tho 3k is 3k at the end of the day, I look forward to taking money off you if your in attendance on eclipse day. 🤝

@inglisdrev82 @Ascot Really appreciate your thoughts Len - many thanks.

@Ascot Great videos all week .No messing no bullshit .I'm in the industry in some shape or form all my working life (35 years) and if its ok for me to say you go about your work in a good way .

@Ascot Many thanks

@Ascot Very entertaining. Thanks for sharing I was funking for you.

@Ascot i couldn’t agree more. i’m 58 now and would go racing with me dad as a teen, every week in summer, any track within 80mile. there were 100s of £20-£100 punters per race. not now! you are there to get filled in when you make a rick now!

@Ascot Why would anyone from this generation be interested when you simply cannot be allowed to win?!? Only reason the older generation is/was interested is "for the love of the game" which losely translates to im am addcited and I dont mind having a bet a race, which is fair enough.

@Ascot Well that might be true online although I know a fair few people have small winning accounts but no one bars winners on course.

@Ascot I've thoroughly enjoyed your content this week Michael along with @TrendHorses, thanks for taking the time,it really is a great watch

@Ascot Couple pals o mine work on course for a bookmaker. 80,s n 90,s I tic tacked on course. Was so much money around it was mad. Listen to u all the time also simon nott. The way the games going last couple yrs would you consider selling your worst pitches. As I,ve said to other 2