View from the Stands: The Best and Worst of British and Irish Racing with Mike Parcej

The Final Furlong Podcast

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Join Emmet Kennedy as he chats to Mike Parcej, horse racing's most enthusiastic advocate, who shares his experiences visiting every UK racecourse and touring all the Irish tracks. He shares his invaluable experience and opinions on how to take the sport forward from a fans perspective. We discuss ticket prices, food quality, the focus on alcohol sales, the tracks that really care about their customers and the ones who clearly don't, why the Racing League is a fiasco, and look at some eye opening attendance figures! 🏇 The Final Furlong Podcast is proudly brought to you by Geoff Banks Bet. Join the excitement and Sign up to Geoff Banks Online now and get 10% of any net losses returned as cash after your first month of betting, up to £500 at https://geoffbanks.bet/. Its tradition redefined with modern tech and unbeatable odds. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. It’s entirely online, designed to be convenient, flexible, and suited to your schedule. Our listeners get 10% off their first month, so give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/FURLONG. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/geoff-banks-online/id881898186 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geoff_banks.geoffbanks #HorseRacing #Cheltenham #CheltenhamFestival #GrandNational #KentuckyDerby #FlatRacing #news #politics #YouTube #FinalFurlongPodcast #HorseRacing #UKRacing #IrishRacing #RacingLeague #RacingInsights #RacecourseReview #BehindTheRaces #TuckerCarlson #RacingExperience #BettingDebate #RacecourseLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Final Forlum Podcast is proudly brought to you by Jeff Banks Bet.
0:04.6	Join the excitement and sign up to Jeff Banks online now to get 10% of any net losses returned as cash
0:11.3	after your first month of betting up to 500 pounds at Jeff Banks dot Bet.
0:17.0	Welcome back to the Final Foreland Podcast. I'm Emmett Kennedy.
0:20.0	It is great to have your company and great to be joined by one of the most enthusiastic fans of racing because we've talked
0:25.4	about a lot of negative stories in racing on this show over the last few weeks and there are
0:29.7	lots of negative things going on in British and Irish racing.
0:32.8	But there are also a lot of positives.
0:34.2	For example, Torres Racing is the second most attended outdoor sport
0:37.4	in the UK.
0:38.2	4.8 million people went to British race courses last year,
0:42.0	and a man who went to every single one of them
0:44.6	is joining us on the show to give us his take on British racing what the race course
0:49.0	experience is like. He's one of the most knowledgeable, enthusiastic and popular figures in fans of racing.
0:56.0	Mike Parsi, welcome to the Final Forland Podcast.
0:58.6	Nice to be here, Emmett. Thanks for inviting me.
1:01.6	Just one little bit of clarification on that, so everybody watching
1:04.8	understands, I am not a horseman. I am a horse fan. I've never sat on a horse in my life.
1:12.4	I have no knowledge of horses their mannerisms and how to talk and communicate and love and care for horses.
1:21.0	I admire respect and thoroughly enjoy the pleasure of the company of those who do but I am not a
1:27.5	horseman myself I'm a horse fan so just to call it just to clarify that for
1:31.9	everybody watching.
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