Sometimes you do for bigger meetings. What would be interesting is if they irrigated late this week. Surely more information is better especially if it is being collected anyway.
But then what is the point of doing them for noms and acceptances? Surely they are doing measurements each day as part of their track management? Track reports seem to be getting more unreliable.
Will get worse I fear unless some part of the organisation actually shows some kahuna's and as you say front foots. If it isn't sorted out now then good night nurse!
They haven't thought through the economics of it all. When you focus on Grandstands you forget what the core business is.
I couldn't care less what the paint work or wall paper was like in the stand as long as my horse was racing and training on a decent track.
The Guineas will be under pressure to move North anyway as the track is stuffed.
Ellerslie will initially be the winner but I'm guessing those with top 3yr olds will cross the ditch rather than race there.
Are you joking? His track record isn't that great pun intended. Why is Hastings the way it is?
Some of his recent COO decisions have been questionable.
He mentioned "the we probably weighed in 2kg's heavy after the rain". With a downpour like that do the Jockey's clothes get heavier? If they do how does that work at weigh in?
Warren Kennedy rode today because he had commitments from Saturday even though his disqualification started on Sunday. If that's the case then how did he get to ride at the Trials yesterday - surely there were no prior commitments for the trials?
Then today he was stood down mid race meeting because of injury he had yesterday. That doesn't seem right.
Being on course at Hastings yesterday from a very early hour - the fog and frost were still visible.
I didn't see any suits inspect the track at any time.
I doubt there were any penetrometer readings taken or any Stipe walking the track.
From what I could see no horses galloped on the course proper prior to Race 1.
There were quite a few horses worked on the inner track surfaces during the morning but none galloped on the grass.
Are these things NOT standard practice?
MIA Sharrock - admits he knows nothing about wagering (core source of revenue) and would appear to know nothing about track maintenance, handicapping, or programming. Nor does he seem to have hired anyone who does.