Freda

Preparation to a softer measurement seems to be tossed out the window when the surface is 'tightened' for raceday. That has to increase the injury risk factor, one would think, if horses are adapted to a specific depth then face a significant difference at racing speed?

Agree with that.

Well, I don't have a degree in anything....and i certainly didn't get a satisfactory answer to your points 1 and 2.

Most probably. Fall off your motorbike on the road and you slide. Fall off on a polytrack and you don't. You hit the ground like a piledriver.

Certainly, the 'Aus' factor can sharpen up some of these imports, most recently Vauban worthy of notice. But this horse is already under an Australian regime. More time to adjust may be helpful? Like Curious, I love this type of horse but hard to place I'd imagine. Impossible here, just as well he isn't over this side. The bastion of the staying and classic horse doesn't want them any more.

That is a fairly fundamental error for a report of this importance.

Yeah...I didn't take any notice either, a sobering thought! Was the weather bad leading up to the day? or did the rain come later? If the latter, then of course, the right decision. But if the former, why on earth take chances...

Whatever.

Agree with most the above - however, your observation that you don't blame NZTR or Clubs, I can't really comprehend. If we on here, and elsewhere, can understand that bad advice is being given, how can the above-mentioned NOT work that out?

Whether or not one subscribes to Catholicism, Christianity generally, or in fact any religious affiliation, the Pope has an influence on millions, so hopefully that influence is of some worth.

That is a separate matter that has been debated for years. There are a few who have their heads around it well, but unfortunately they didn't - and still don't - get listened to.

Well done, Chief, you've done it again.

That seems sensible to me.

Do they? tell our lot, will ya?

Fear not, everyone. It's ' expert-led' ..it'll be grand.

How can you make that statement? It does seem as if temperature has an effect on the wax part of the composite, therefore must have some bearing on speed/times. Apart from the fact that it was first published in 2010 so may be rather out of date.

Riccarton has around 250 horses utilizing the tracks per month. Rangiora, 120. That doesn't include the harness numbers which i forgot to ask for.

Looks like Vicki Ramhit

Geez, fellas, can we put away the swords?

Oh, for goodness sake. Im not proud of sinking to the depths that others do at times....but the stupid, ill-informed comments got right up my nose. But no, I certainly didn't ask for the removal of any posts, as far as I am aware the glitch was an IT matter and as such, well above me.

Bloody hard on the horse's back/withers though. I hate them.

Well, it beats hanging around going nowhere with no grass meetings locally. And Blenheim used to put on a great breakfast for stable staff, so costs wrt accom. were kept to a minimum

Didn't think so either. If you look he would have been 4-5 wide if he had elected to improve, he's young and inexperienced, may have been scared to do that. You can do that at Invercargill along Finlay Rd but likely no one has told him.

As far as Riccarton goes, there is one meeting 21st June before the National meeting. Hardly over-use. One wit remarked that they wouldn't want to do the work putting the track back if racing had gone ahead on the turf. Fact is, that those who nominated for the Riccarton turf meeting did so knowing that there would be heavy going. The track had no surface water and although very testing, would have been safe. The discussion is academic to me, I didn't have anything in, but the biggest insult was that the decision was made without any consultation with the stakeholders involved.

Yeah only one I could pick too