Has Tim Mills joined the catering corp?

[Trojan]

[curious]

Huh? Where did you see that?

[Trojan]

17 minutes ago, curious said:

Huh? Where did you see that?

On Trackside on the Mail Run.

[mikeynz]

Always strikes me as a big bag of wind.

[Trojan]

Well I think he said in his phone call that he didn't think they would go really wide today!

Edited October 26, 2024 by Trojan

[curious]

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.

[Doomed]

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.

 

[Murray Fish]

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....    

[mikeynz]

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.

[Chief Stipe]

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. 

[Chief Stipe]

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.

[curious]

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!

[Tragedy Beat]

On 26/10/2024 at 4:40 PM, Trojan said:

Well I think he said in his phone call that he didn't think they would go really wide today!

The caretaker spoke to a trainer early Saturday morning and said the outside was very heavy. 

[curious]

43 minutes ago, Tragedy Beat said:

The caretaker spoke to a trainer early Saturday morning and said the outside was very heavy. 

Well, when I walked it last Monday it was very firm out there and a forgiving G4 inside to centre. Was it the trainer or the caretaker that claimed the outside was very heavy?

[Tragedy Beat]

Caretaker

[Special Agent]

On 10/26/2024 at 8:37 AM, Trojan said:

A top example of how professional and presentation standards are going to improve.  Who the hell cannot proof read 10 words??!!

[Special Agent]

19 hours ago, Tragedy Beat said:

The caretaker spoke to a trainer early Saturday morning and said the outside was very heavy. 

Does anyone know anything any more?