Chief Stipe

Good Afternoon I administer a relatively new Racing and Sports Forum called A Bit Of A Yarn - it can be found online at BitOfAYarn.com (BOAY) Before the Foxbridge Plate race meeting a number of contributors had raised concerns about the state of the track conditions at Te Rapa. This contributor activity has increased substantially since and the level of concern has escalated. Although this is reflected in online comments there is an increasing amount of private conversations occurring between contributors. Only a few of which I have been copied in on. Given the importance of Te Rapa to the Thoroughbred Racing Industry BOAY is reaching out to you for comment. The questions that are being asked are: Has the recent deterioration of the track been the result of an incorrect application of sand to the surface? Too much? The wrong quality (micron size)? If so what steps are being taken to remedy the problem? The meeting scheduled to run 25 August at Te Rapa was transferred to Te Aroha. Will further Te Rapa meetings be transferred while the track is being fixed? If yes to transferring further meetings for how long will this be the case? Will there be advance notification of where future meetings will be transferred to? Thanks in anticipation. Regards Admin BitOfAYarn

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FFS let it go. You weren't even in the Comp and you poked the bear probably knowing the reaction you would get. You've not posted anything in two weeks except this thread.

M2k you haven't posted anything in two weeks since you put your oar in on the Comp thread. Your first post scratches that scab again. Let it be.

Maybe the sieve was upside down?

Yes and Chautauqua has always been a risk. Unlike Lord Module there doesn't seem to be any obvious physical condition causing Chautauqua to not jump. I would say in today's environment Lord Module would have been banned from racing due to quarter cracks.

I beg to differ Freda. I'd agree if he refused to race completely. But he just isn't jumping with them but he NEVER has! Take a look at all his big race wins. You'd agree that his condition looks fantastic at the moment. For some reason the horse has always had a brain fade about leaving the gates. I think as he has got older he has got blonder.

He's always been as eccentric as you Tank. He never really liked jumping with the others!

The champion grey looks very much alive the way it finished over the top of them.

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Chautauqua jumps, but still a long way behind them Chautauqua works home strongly down the outside in his trial on Saturday. Photo: Steve Hart. Article Author Clinton Payne 25 August 2018 0 Comments An anxious crowd at Rosehill watched intently, waiting to see if Chautauqua would jump in his barrier trial on Saturday and he did – the problem was it was a couple of seconds after the rest of the field left the barriers. The champion sprinter ventured to the races on Saturday with his career on a knife’s edge, after failing to jump on terms with his opponents “to stewards’ satisfaction” in seven of his last eight barrier trials or jumpouts. Reports came out of the Hawkes Racing stable during the week, the popular grey had been jumping in barrier practice which brought renewed optimism that Chautauqua’s phobia could be a thing of the past but those hopes were quickly dashed. Loaded into the inside gate, jockey Tommy Berry patting Chautauqua’s near side flank until grabbing the reins when the starter mounted his rostrum. The gates opened - seven of the eight starters left the barriers while Chautauqua resisted Berry’s urgings until eventually jumping, giving his opponents “five or six lengths” start. "His last six times (In unofficial Rosehill jumpouts) he'd jumped," Berry said. "I came here thinking he'd jump for sure today. "They'd gone a fair few strides when he jumped out and when he did jump out he cruised around behind them and then picked them up in the straight with plenty left if the tank. "Still not ideal, not good enough but he felt incredible." Chief steward Marc Van Gestel said stewards would have discussions with the stable before making a decision on Chautauqua's future. “We did say if the horse refused to jump that would be it but he hasn’t refused to jump,” Van Gestel said. “Obviously in our mind it wasn’t a satisfactory trial. “Whether or not it leaves the door open or not is something for us to consider.” Chautauqua tacked onto the field as they entered the straight in the 1000m trial, working home strongly to finish second to Zousain, actions which Van Gestel said creates something of “a grey area now”. “If he refused to jump it would have been black and white as to what the decision would have been,” he said. “We have to consider now if we give the horse another opportunity.”

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