At my first race weekend last November, a mate wanted to come watch, so I teed up a ticket for him and left it at the gate in an envelope. when he got there, he was let straight in and so didn't take the ripped stub from the gate attendant. Then he got further down the road and through the tunnel, where he parked over near the ARDC office and was then accosted by a dickhead security guard because he couldn't produce his ticket.

the whole thing was completely ridiculous, its a club day for fks sake. and do you think he wanted to come watch in feb? no chance

the time, effort and money that is spent sending out tickets in the mail must far outweigh any benefit from the gate takings.