Chief Stipe Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 32 minutes ago, curious said: If it was on the inside of the trial track, why would that be more slippery than anywhere else? Rougher maybe but surely not more slippery. Might have been compacted. Anyway it's hard to tell what it was like just looking a race video. The Jockeys were keen to continue. What I've seen closeup of some of these slips is that often they are isolated and relate to one horse rather than a wide ranging problem involving a number of horses. If the horse had not become unbalanced it probably wouldn't have slipped. Why didn't the Jockey keep pushing down the outside? Or did the horse duck in? If it hadn't of slipped then the races would have continued. Odds are there wouldn't have been another slip. 40 minutes ago, curious said: makes some sense that the stipes overrode them because that would clearly make continuing such that stewards could not be satisfied that the track was in a "suitable condition that riders could ride in a safe and competitive manner, so the decision was made to abandon the meeting." Again just speculation. If the riders were all in agreement that they could ride a safe AND competitive manner then surely they'd have a better idea than the Stipe? Given the wide variance in skill level and competitiveness where do you set the line? If you set the line too low then you'd never have another meeting on those tight West Coast circuits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 18 hours ago, SLB2.0 said: Another meeting bites the dust What should we set the over/under for total meetings abandoned this year? 37.5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said: If the horse had not become unbalanced it probably wouldn't have slipped. Why didn't the Jockey keep pushing down the outside? Possibly, but it's hard to say that it didn't become unbalanced because it lost traction. If she was out on the used trial ground, she may have wanted to get back in on the new smoother footing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragedy Beat Posted Monday at 01:41 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:41 AM Watch Konasana's run on Saturday at Ellerslie. If that didnt slip entering the straight Im at a loss. And not a word said on the night I bet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted Monday at 06:57 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 06:57 AM You can't be serious TB... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragedy Beat Posted yesterday at 12:06 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:06 AM What did it do then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted yesterday at 12:40 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:40 AM 33 minutes ago, Tragedy Beat said: What did it do then? I'm waiting to see the Stewards vision hopefully unedited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM 2 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: I'm waiting to see the Stewards vision hopefully unedited. Definitely got off balance and shifted out on the point of the corner. Hard to say whether it actually lost its footing for mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted yesterday at 12:52 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:52 AM 7 minutes ago, curious said: Definitely got off balance and shifted out on the point of the corner. Hard to say whether it actually lost its footing for mine. Instead of Wilcox moonlighting as a spotter at Karaka perhaps he should be digging an area to shift the 2400m start to allow a better camber on the "iconic shaped" corner? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted yesterday at 12:58 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:58 AM 5 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: Instead of Wilcox moonlighting as a spotter at Karaka perhaps he should be digging an area to shift the 2400m start to allow a better camber on the "iconic shaped" corner? Did you mean iconic or conic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted yesterday at 02:24 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:24 AM 2 hours ago, Tragedy Beat said: What did it do then? It was knocked off balance by horses inside and out - nothing to do with the surface of the track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted yesterday at 02:52 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:52 AM 1 hour ago, curious said: Did you mean iconic or conic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragedy Beat Posted 35 minutes ago Share Posted 35 minutes ago On 28/01/2025 at 3:24 PM, SLB2.0 said: It was knocked off balance by horses inside and out - nothing to do with the surface of the track. When it "changes direction/slips/moves" it has not touched the inside horse - in fact you can see daylight from the camera angle. I will wait for the stipes vids to see if it touched the outside horse. Quite likely the way the hind quarters flicked outwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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