curious

I've emailed the bookies to see if I can get my money back or preferably paid out at 9/1. I'm not hopeful though.

Must be a bloody big cock involved.

Just put the battery charger on her Thommo. Should be there by Sunday.

Lol...Think they should have taken them off if they were going to pull it up.

They won't generate any more revenue and the argument about avoiding abandoned racedays is ridiculous because all racedays lose money currently, hence the Purcell quote that the most financially viable one is the one we don't have. There is also the safety, horse and rider health and well being issue. This is from a 2009 paper on that, but I'm not aware of anything more recent to overturn it. 6. Summary In summary, turf racing surfaces have historically provided the benchmark in terms of being the safest AAEP PROCEEDINGS Vol. 55 2009 185 LAMENESS—RACING racing surface for horses and jockeys alike. The initial results attained with the new generation of synthetic tracks indicate that these surfaces are in general terms less safe than a turf surface. I'm also not aware of any feasibility studies or costings to support the idea and in that article, it seems that Saundry is talking about synthetics, not Strathayrs, by the reference to and picture of Pakenham. The whole thing has me flummoxed and I'm not clear what or who the driver is.

This was Saundry's take on it Reefton. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12096773

Oddly the same owner owned the horse that forced the breakneck pace.

Hopefully it'll improve drainage for a year or two.

Says it all really. "Ellerslie's track has passed a crucial test after its resurfacing without a horse even setting a hoof near it."

I see they are still talking synthetic tracks???

Thought it was well overs at 9/1. Now I know why ... lol. I priced it at 5.2/1! Didn't actually watch the race though. Ridden dead cold from the barrier and still nearly got up. Mr. Maragh got 60 days and the trainer has been trespassed from the track I see. https://www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/gulfstream-stewards-give-jockey-tony-maragh-60-days-for-not-persevering-on-mount/

I think this thread suggests that the main question is whatever findings and recommendations are in the report, what is the action plan, in detail?

https://videos.puntcdn.com/news/news-video-2018-08-20T10-31-39-000-AEST.mp4

This is a bit of a shocker. Backed it too ...

This bloke wasn't bad either of the ones I've seen but sorry RM, she's the best.

Funny. I always thought that John Wheeler, Tony Pike and Kerrin McEvoy were professional trainers or jockeys. This thread is about using down in grade info for punters to make money as you claim they can. Professional punters make money from punting, not riding or training horses. You seem very mixed up these days.

3 wide without cover is often fastest but you are too thick to notice or know that.

The professionals that rubber stamp you Thommo are not professional gamblers. They are wannabe media types that couldn't make a living betting on racing, just like you. So they earn a crust training horses, writing about them, tipping them or whatever. Have you topped up your betting account for the week?

Not well by the look of things. You'd think the dictionary definition would help but I agree it's doubtful he'll understand it. Might need to revert to a lower level remedial reading class.

Yeahh, and I'm also not sure how he accounts for or measures the psychological and behavioural factors associated with the horse's response to being in tight quarters between horses or between a horse and the rail. Presumably, he will have some way of quantifying and adjusting for that as well. Hopefully, we'll get the low down on this before long in relation to one of his post race winning selections.

Yeahh, well that's justThommo. He thinks it's all to do with Pi. Obviously (to most of us), and particularly the European jockeys you refer to, we also know about centrifugal force and inertia. This is way beyond Thommo's remedial math's classes though. That's clear because he keeps running round in smaller and smaller circles until he falls over again in the false belief that's the fastest way home.

I give up. Why?

The jumpers don't have too many options but 17 noms for 3 flat races?

Serendipitously, I'll be there and could go. Probably won't bother though if I don't have the report to digest a couple of days before at least. Be a complete waste of time.

I don't see how we can pose questions about a report we haven't seen. Will that be released prior to the Q&A session so that informed questions can be presented to Winnie and Messara (if in fact the latter is also going to be there)? If not, the whole thing seems a bit pointless.