Who can go to a Race Night?
A Race Nite is run as a private club
members draw and therefore is a private social occasion to which
members and their guests are invited. It should not be open to the
General Public. The best way to ensure this is to give out a small
invitation ticket to the people you want to attend at your place at
work, your club, parish, society etc. Newspaper advertising is not
recommended.
We recommend that the parade/preview is not
run and while this does reduce interest slightly we find as the
night goes on it has very little overall effect.
ONE VERY IMPORTANT POINT: THE AUCTION FILM
SHOULD NEVER BE PREVIEWED
If you show the parade/form, buyers will
wait to buy the favourite and you will get poor prices for the other
horses. Your committee allocated horses to all other owners so if
their horse won it was by chance. The same should apply to the
auction race. So don't show the parade.
SOME FURTHER POINTS
The game is a game of chance, no skill
whatsoever involved as you are only buying a ticket on a number. The
film box is opened and ran on a projector when all tickets are sold
and tote closed. Not showing the preview will stop cheats who might
know the winner. If the film is shown up to the start then the game
becomes a game of skill by using the commentators comments, punters
would use their betting skills to select a winner.
It is therefore in your own interest to do
it right - as a private members club draw - members and invited
guests, running the films as a game of chance.
We also provide several novelties such as
Rosettes for the winners and Jockey Caps for your ticket seller.
Most venues have a PA system - this is
another essential piece of equipment on the night - if you need one
let us know.
See our
Booking Form for full list of
prices and all the items you may need.
DOUBLE YOUR INCOME
SELL, SELL, SELL more horses and DOUBLE UP
the races i.e. Have Race 1, Race 1A, Race 1B, Race 1C etc. on each
film. The betting payout is the same, as the money to be paid out is
divided by the tickets sold for that horse. But you have sold extra
horses which are far more valuable to your fund. Just remember each
owner in each leg 1, la, Ib, Ic etc. should get an owners prize. You
can also get additional sponsors for each extra Race Card 1A, 1B
etc.
