点评:We are racing fans. We go racing to look at and watch horses. When I go motor racing ditto for cars. When I go to cricket much the same. Hence for racing I expect to be somewhere that I can be comfortable with my surroundings with a good view of what is happening. So I don't expect to fork out the most money I have ever paid for a racecourse (beyond Royal Enclosure at Ascot) to stand on an overcrowded grandstand surrounded by an increasingly drunken, foul-mouthed, casually dressed mob when I am supposed to be in the premium Gordon Enclosure. Very few seats. Overpriced soft drinks. Expensive bland ice cream. Limited viewing. Big screen away to left.
If I wanted to go a raucous party I would do that. But Goodwood have totally lost the plot in pursuit of the penny. All appreciated that racing wants to widen its appeal for the future but this throws the baby out with the bathwater.
We went to Beverley a couple of days earlier. Cheaper. Seats. A great viewing circuit. Close racing. A Jason Hart treble. Good price bar. Food if you want. Great ice cream as a hot day. A nice crowd.
Save your money and go racing in Yorkshire.
The only reason I give this any blobs at all is that the racing was good.
翻译:我们是赛马迷。我们看赛马就是为了欣赏赛马的风采。我去看赛车比赛时,目的也是为了观看赛车。看板球比赛时也差不多。因此,观看比赛时,我希望能身处一个环境舒适且能清晰看到赛事全过程的地方。所以,我不愿花有史以来最多的钱去观看比赛——除非是在阿斯科特的皇家包厢里——只为了挤在拥挤不堪的看台上,周围还是一群越来越醉醺醺、满口脏话的人。我本该待在高档的Gordon看台区,结果却遇到了一群穿着随意的普通人。那里的座位极少,软饮料价格虚高,冰淇淋又贵又难吃,观赛视野也受限。大屏幕则位于左侧远处。
如果我想要参加喧闹的派对,我也会去的。但古德伍德为了赚钱已经完全失去了分寸。大家都明白赛车运动需要吸引更多观众以谋求未来发展,但这种做法简直是因小失大、得不偿失。
几天前我们去了贝弗利。那里更便宜,也有座位。一条很棒的观赛路线。比赛激烈精彩。杰森·哈特上演了帽子戏法。酒水价格合理。需要的话还有食物供应。天热的时候来份冰淇淋再合适不过。观众氛围也很不错。
省下钱去约克郡看赛马吧。
我给它打分的唯一理由就是比赛本身很精彩。