Chief Stipe Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Races put back one race due to accident on southern motor. Horses and Jockeys stuck in traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Stupid.. Stupid.. Race 1 only a few starters therefore best to run it after race 10 and leave everything else the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Agent Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Let's keep all the valuable real estate as racecourses and sell all the clubs which operate out of small towns. Today highlights another pitfall of racing in major centres, traffic!! No doubt the Stipes will demand scratchings going by the directives of how long horses should be on a float/truck, you know the ones that stipulate how much water you have to give your horse and how many times you have to scrub it's bucket out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 42 minutes ago, Special Agent said: Let's keep all the valuable real estate as racecourses and sell all the clubs which operate out of small towns. Today highlights another pitfall of racing in major centres, traffic!! No doubt the Stipes will demand scratchings going by the directives of how long horses should be on a float/truck, you know the ones that stipulate how much water you have to give your horse and how many times you have to scrub it's bucket out. Really? Normally there is only one road in to most of our provincial tracks with no alternative routes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Agent Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 But people going to a country meeting are not arrogant enough to not allow for bumper to bumper traffic. The meetings I recall being that way a while back were Kumara, Motukarara and Thames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 9 hours ago, Special Agent said: But people going to a country meeting are not arrogant enough to not allow for bumper to bumper traffic. The meetings I recall being that way a while back were Kumara, Motukarara and Thames. Quite frankly I haven't seen any difference in the level of arrogance in road users throughout the country. The point I was making is that many of our racecourses would be affected by a serious road accident on a main road to them. It isn't a city vs country thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All The Aces Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 What about the Waipa meeting on July 29 1972 when the road was jam packed and cars at a standstill with people parking on the side of the road and walking. Jackpot day and 33,000 people oncourse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, All The Aces said: What about the Waipa meeting on July 29 1972 when the road was jam packed and cars at a standstill with people parking on the side of the road and walking. Jackpot day and 33,000 people oncourse. Wonder if a crowd like that will be at Gore today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Agent Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 3 hours ago, All The Aces said: 33,000 people oncourse. Amazing!! I bet there were queues for the toilets that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 9 minutes ago, Special Agent said: Amazing!! I bet there were queues for the toilets that day. At least if they ran out of paper plenty of losing tickets, finally a use for them 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 8 hours ago, All The Aces said: What about the Waipa meeting on July 29 1972 when the road was jam packed and cars at a standstill with people parking on the side of the road and walking. Jackpot day and 33,000 people oncourse. There was traffic for miles ....people just parked their car wherever they could and walked on foot. The buildings were shaking with the squash of people ,and some with not so steady foundations moved. And when people had to go , they tended not to move far ! The Ashhurst meeting also attracted 30,000 people and that meeting clashed with Trentham on Anniversary Day .....back in the days when CD and Wellington people enjoyed and supported Horse racing ! Meanwhile the Aussie cricketers are reeling at 34-4. When racing jackpots run the Aussie cricket team would rarely if ever play NZ....they would send over a B team ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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