Here we go again!! Horse slips in second at Te Rapa!

[Trojan]

13 minutes ago, Pete Lane said:

It's mentioned in the article by Guerin that 2 horses slipped.

The quote below is from a LoveRacing article.

 

"Jockey Sam Weatherley reported his mount, Ess Vee Are, had slipped prior to entering the straight before going on to win the opening race of the card, while Joe Doyle and Warren Kennedy reported that their horses, Oppenheimer and Sabrina Hall, had also slipped in race three, resulting in a decision to abandon the meeting."

But not mentioned in the Stewards Report.  Since when has Guerin been a stipe?

[curious]

20 minutes ago, Trojan said:

But not mentioned in the Stewards Report.  Since when has Guerin been a stipe?

Maybe he can't read, or needs a trip to specsavers?

[Chief Stipe]

12 minutes ago, curious said:

Maybe he can't read, or needs a trip to specsavers?

Or the Stipes arrived on course just before Race 1 and left as soon as they abandoned the meeting forgetting to complete the report.

[Trojan]

I wonder if we will get to see the Stewards Vision?  There shouldn't be a problem as no human or horse was injured.

Will they use the full 7 days to post it?

[Pete Lane]

45 minutes ago, Trojan said:

But not mentioned in the Stewards Report.  Since when has Guerin been a stipe?

Did I say he was?

The horses were also mentioned by name in an article on Trackside.co.nz by Joshua Smith.

I have no idea of the veracity of it but someone must have picked it up from somewhere as I also heard it on Trackside.

Maybe you should email the powers that be and ask for an explanation instead of complaining on here.

[Pete Lane]

Here's the full quote from the Stipe in the LoveRacing article. I haven't got a frigging clue why the horses weren't mentioned by name in the stipes report but it's quite clear from this that they were the two horses affected. 

“We had the report from Sam Weatherley following race one regarding his horse moving around the final bend. An inspection was carried out following that race and all parties were happy to continue on,” stipendiary steward Brady Jones said.

“Prior to race three we had a brief shower of rain and we had reports from Joe Doyle and Warren Kennedy that both of their horses had moved rounding that final bend, probably from the 500m right through to the 400m, and they felt their mounts were shifting.

“We conducted a further inspection following that and found little pieces of movement, nothing glaringly obvious. The riders went back and had a meeting amongst themselves, and they reported to stewards that they didn’t have the confidence in the track to ride competitively on it, so the meeting has been abandoned.”

 

[Trojan]

1 hour ago, Pete Lane said:

Here's the full quote from the Stipe in the LoveRacing article. I haven't got a frigging clue why the horses weren't mentioned by name in the stipes report but it's quite clear from this that they were the two horses affected. 

“We had the report from Sam Weatherley following race one regarding his horse moving around the final bend. An inspection was carried out following that race and all parties were happy to continue on,” stipendiary steward Brady Jones said.

“Prior to race three we had a brief shower of rain and we had reports from Joe Doyle and Warren Kennedy that both of their horses had moved rounding that final bend, probably from the 500m right through to the 400m, and they felt their mounts were shifting.

“We conducted a further inspection following that and found little pieces of movement, nothing glaringly obvious. The riders went back and had a meeting amongst themselves, and they reported to stewards that they didn’t have the confidence in the track to ride competitively on it, so the meeting has been abandoned.”

 

Seems the Stipes didn't make the decision.  Kennedy and Doyle did.

Should have been written up in the report.  Again no consistency from the Stipes.

[Special Agent]

I wonder what all the overseas riders think about our track safety and protocols.