MattTheHat

Back to a 6 now, hopefully get more drying before the first tomorrow or we could have a a bit of bias again to start the day

12 mls put on last night, Now back to a Slow7

Agree with a lot of what has been said above but I just don't agree at all with watering within 48 hours of a meeting here in Canterbury as I feel our track dries out inconsistently and therefore ends up with obvious faster strips and track biases. I don't protest to water being put on but do think we should put enough on, early enough to cover your bases and let mother nature handle the last couple days leading into a meeting. I'm no expert and don't claim to be but do feel like that's when our track races best and fairest. I see they are watering again tonight. Just hope not too much and that it's a more consistent surface than what it was on Saturday

There was for sure a fast strip 3 or 4 off the fence where horses could run times. Unfortunately though it wasnt consistent across the whole track, Which I think is always the case when we put too much water on within 48 hrs of our raceday (18mls on Thursday night) The outside was quite wet and the fence was off to start the day. Have a look at the barrier draws and replays of the first four races. Did it dry out during the day? Of course. The aim is to have a Good 4 for the majority of the raceday that is fair racing for all involved, punters and participants alike. Did we get that? No Yes I think they were a victim of an inaccurate weather report but I also think 18mls is too much to be putting on that close to racing which I have voiced. Hopefully it gets rectified and everyone gets a fair crack at the rest of the carnival Alan and the crew generally get it right. I hate how all of a sudden they get hundreds of "experts" at this time of the year trying to tell them how to manage it. I'm sure if left alone they would get it right again