SLB2.0 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 2mm of rain in the last seven days, and yet it's a Soft 5. You run your horses in the middle of summer because they tend to prefer good, or at the very worst, dead tracks. With no rain forecast, why are they scared of the track becoming slippery? Or are good tracks gone forever? And, will they upgrade the track after the first race as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago The SOFT5 designation is a joke. For a start SOFT suggests getting close to HEAVY which it is not. I've sampled 256 recent 1200m races that have SOFT 5 reading. The times vary from 1:07.3 at Riccarton to 1:14.7 at Taupo. Taupo has varied from 1:12.63 to 1:14.75 (4 races) The general racing public would prefer the term EASY or DEAD. Get rid of SOFT5. Whilst at it we need a very heavy designation suited to NZ racing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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