Abrogation of Responsiblities

[Mark D]

Imagine that sending the track manager down to inspect the track and he said it was fine!  Just pathetic.

[curious]

He prepared the fucking thing. Of course he would say it is fine and they are too lazy to check before risking the health and safety of horses and riders. Another case of the crash test dummy approach.

[nomates]

Lucky that the horse didn't break a leg , another report on it's way into why this happened . I wonder if the new man had any input into the preparation of this track for raceday . One report that never seems to be undertaken is the one on NZTR performance .

[Thomass]

17 hours ago, curious said:

He prepared the fucking thing. Of course he would say it is fine and they are too lazy to check before risking the health and safety of horses and riders. Another case of the crash test dummy approach.

How do you test it...

 Mechanical horse, monkey on a horse?

what

[aquaman]

12 minutes ago, Thomass said:

How do you test it...

 Mechanical horse, monkey on a horse?

what

How about you trial a couple of horses before meeting starts.

[Thomass]

5 minutes ago, aquaman said:

How about you trial a couple of horses before meeting starts.

They usually do now....the jockeys don't mind doing it

Yesterday there appeared to be a very small piece of ground around the turn that had inconsistent footing...according to the Stipe

[aquaman]

1 hour ago, Thomass said:

They usually do now....the jockeys don't mind doing it

Yesterday there appeared to be a very small piece of ground around the turn that had inconsistent footing...according to the Stipe

I noticed the grass was very long on the troublesome bend, forgive my ignorance, but would this not hide troublesome spots such as holes or inconsistent patches. I realise a bit of growth is good if only to keep moisture in the soil, but the grass was up to the top of the jocks boots. Also would long grass contribute to slipping. Just the observations of a layman when it comes to prepping a TB track.