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3 minutes ago, hesi said:

There was some reasonable stake money left on offer, for NZ anyway, 140K over 5 races

Never mind, the stipes, RIU staff and Petone staff will all still get paid.

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4 minutes ago, hesi said:

Does anyone have confidence that the sand issue at Te Rapa has been rectified, and therefore that is also called off after R1

I do mate, heading along tomorrow for a day out in the sun.

I believe in Ken Rutherford and he says its good to go, then it must be. ?

I should be back home by 2pm to spray the garden.

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A thorough and extensive explanation from the NZTR

 

Meeting News

Otaki-Maori RC Abandoned

 

Otaki Meeting Abandoned

Due to two horses slipping around the 800m point during Race 3 the Otaki meeting has been abandoned.

There is no plan, at this point, to reschedule the meeting.

 
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What ever happens going forward regardless of whether that is following the Massara  bible or another avenue the first thing that needs to be done is the recruitment of a world class track specialist , someone with a proven track record , pay them what they want , probably still won't be close to John Allen's salary . At present the person in charge of tracks is continuing to following a well worn path of failure . If nothing changes , nothing changes .

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Just now, nomates said:

What ever happens going forward regardless of whether that is following the Massara  bible or another avenue the first thing that needs to be done is the recruitment of a world class track specialist , someone with a proven track record , pay them what they want , probably still won't be close to John Allen's salary . At present the person in charge of tracks is continuing to following a well worn path of failure . If nothing changes , nothing changes .

I tend to agree with you.  The only solutions the current mob has is to put in more drainage and sand slitting.

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CS , the drainage and sand slitting and watering management plan are not the solutions , they are the problems , but they are in complete denial  that they are getting anything wrong . A substantially long list of successive cock ups but still no one at head office has thought why not try something different it couldn't be any worse .The term MOB suits this lot down to the ground because professionals their not .

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once again they have been irrigating on top of a 'hardpan' - do they not understand that if you DO NOT irrigate the grassroots will go deeper into the ground looking for moisture?

If the grassroots go deeper into the ground, the ground is held together better and provides a decent racing surface.

for my consultants fee just deposit the equivalent of John Allen's salary for 1 month into my bank account ?

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11 minutes ago, von Smallhaussen said:

once again they have been irrigating on top of a 'hardpan' - do they not understand that if you DO NOT irrigate the grassroots will go deeper into the ground looking for moisture?

If the grassroots go deeper into the ground, the ground is held together better and provides a decent racing surface.

for my consultants fee just deposit the equivalent of John Allen's salary for 1 month into my bank account ?

Bull

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13 minutes ago, von Smallhaussen said:

once again they have been irrigating on top of a 'hardpan' - do they not understand that if you DO NOT irrigate the grassroots will go deeper into the ground looking for moisture?

If the grassroots go deeper into the ground, the ground is held together better and provides a decent racing surface.

for my consultants fee just deposit the equivalent of John Allen's salary for 1 month into my bank account ?

Why is it only the TAB cop the backlash for this? 

Don't NZTR run the race meetings and have the relationship with the club, they would have to be one of the most dissapointing organisations anywhere in racing across the globe.

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22 minutes ago, von Smallhaussen said:

once again they have been irrigating on top of a 'hardpan' - do they not understand that if you DO NOT irrigate the grassroots will go deeper into the ground looking for moisture?

If the grassroots go deeper into the ground, the ground is held together better and provides a decent racing surface.

for my consultants fee just deposit the equivalent of John Allen's salary for 1 month into my bank account ?

Spoken like a true farmer!

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Just read where Goodwin says they had held trials on the track???? WTF? I've been right through the trials and the jumpouts and can't find any scaric of info on that......can you just open your mouth and let the wind blow your tongue around...or what?....maybe the otaki clan galloped a few togther doing evens and gave it the thumbs up.

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