Trojan Posted Friday at 07:37 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:37 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Friday at 08:15 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:15 PM Huh? Where did you see that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted Friday at 08:33 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 08:33 PM 17 minutes ago, curious said: Huh? Where did you see that? On Trackside on the Mail Run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted Friday at 09:03 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:03 PM Always strikes me as a big bag of wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted yesterday at 03:40 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:40 AM (edited) Well I think he said in his phone call that he didn't think they would go really wide today! Edited yesterday at 03:41 AM by Trojan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted yesterday at 03:55 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:55 AM 12 minutes ago, Trojan said: Well I think he said in his phone call that he didn't think they would go really wide today! He did? That compacted strip down the roses has been the go to on that track for yonks. When I was there during the week it was about a good4 inside and middle but very firm out there. Not sure if that's due to traffic compaction or the irrigation unevenness but it's been like that for 25 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago I happened to watch a few minutes of the trots last night and they mentioned it was raining so it was lucky Riccarton had applied 56mm of irrigation over the last few days. I struggle to get my head around this idea that if its going to rain you have to make sure the track is really heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 14 hours ago, Doomed said: they mentioned it was raining so it was lucky Riccarton had applied 56mm of irrigation over the last few days. I struggle to get my head around this idea that if its going to rain you have to make sure the track is really heavy. best practice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 40 minutes ago, Murray Fish said: best practice.... Be a bugger if the track was stuffed after yesterday and had to race the Cup Meeting on the Synthetic track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 50 minutes ago, mikeynz said: Be a bugger if the track was stuffed after yesterday and had to race the Cup Meeting on the Synthetic track. The rail was out 9m! So unless you are travelling 8 wide turning for home you should be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 15 hours ago, Doomed said: I happened to watch a few minutes of the trots last night and they mentioned it was raining so it was lucky Riccarton had applied 56mm of irrigation over the last few days. I struggle to get my head around this idea that if its going to rain you have to make sure the track is really heavy. If you don't irrigate then you run a very real risk of having a hard pan that when it rains the horses slip aka the Hastings bend. Between a rock and a wet place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 56 minutes ago, mikeynz said: Be a bugger if the track was stuffed after yesterday and had to race the Cup Meeting on the Synthetic track. No fear. The only damaged part will be the outside 3 metres where all the racing was conducted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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