Ellerslie

[curious]

Soft 5 with a 24% moisture reading?

Drainage might get a good test if they get the forecast 50mms in the next couple of days?

[Newmarket]

2 hours ago, curious said:

Soft 5 with a 24% moisture reading?

Drainage might get a good test if they get the forecast 50mms in the next couple of days?

Surely they won’t race Saturday? Auckland harness tomorrow must be touch n go also

[curious]

6 hours ago, Newmarket said:

Surely they won’t race Saturday? Auckland harness tomorrow must be touch n go also

If they just get 50-60mms over two days and can't race, that would surely suggest they wasted a lot of money on that track/

[mikeynz]

1 hour ago, curious said:

If they just get 50-60mms over two days and can't race, that would surely suggest they wasted a lot of money on that track/

Maybe Ellerslie might want to transfer to Avondale😂

[Chief Stipe]

3 hours ago, curious said:

If they just get 50-60mms over two days and can't race, that would surely suggest they wasted a lot of money on that track/

They'll race.  It'll be a S5 or a S6.  Doesn't seem to be anything else.  They'll still need to slice and dice it which if they haven't already done will be interesting today.

It is a Synthetic hydroponic track that grows grass.  At least they haven't needed to irrigate this week and the pond will be filling up.

[SLB2.0]

We've had more wind the rain at the moment, but I'm sure we'll get a strong downpour at some point in the next two days.

[Chief Stipe]

1 hour ago, SLB2.0 said:

We've had more wind the rain at the moment, but I'm sure we'll get a strong downpour at some point in the next two days.

Forecast is for 40mm today is it not?

[westbrew]

When they put in the Synthetic hydroponic track, the idea was to be able to race in the wetter months in Auckland, while i have question marks around this track, its ability to handle large amounts of rain in days preceding race day is not in doubt in my mind,100mm plus a couple of days before race day would not be an issue, the problem is more around rain on race day when it has been fine leading up to race day, and they have alleviated this by the use of machinery.   

[SLB2.0]

2 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

Forecast is for 40mm today is it not?

Yeah - hasn't really hit yet. More just scattered showers, but I'm sure the downpours will come at some stage.

[The Centaur]

Very heavy rain near Ellerslie 12.00 am. 

[curious]

34mms S6?

[jess]

When Kate Hercock was asked after her win - how was the track - she seemed a bit lost for words initially - I can't recall her whole response but she did hesitate at first - and then said something about it being very different from what they race on at home (central districts).  Haven't watched any other interviews to hear the other riders' comments ......  

[curious]

40 minutes ago, jess said:

When Kate Hercock was asked after her win - how was the track - she seemed a bit lost for words initially - I can't recall her whole response but she did hesitate at first - and then said something about it being very different from what they race on at home (central districts).  Haven't watched any other interviews to hear the other riders' comments ......  

She's a woman of few words, but what you get is gold:)

Edited 12 hours ago by curious

[Chief Stipe]

19 minutes ago, curious said:

She's a woman of few words, but what you get is gold:)

What does that tell you about the track?

[Wingman]

It told us that it can now withstand a lot of rain and present a fair track

[Chief Stipe]

4 minutes ago, Wingman said:

It told us that it can now withstand a lot of rain and present a fair track

Fair to whom?  

[curious]

4 minutes ago, Wingman said:

It told us that it can now withstand a lot of rain and present a fair track

You mean an 1 1/2, hardly a lot of rain. More than that would be common for most West Coast meetings. I didn't see it but what did Kate say, that told you that?

[Wingman]

37 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

Fair to whom?

There is a better chance if like most tracks your runner has a decent draw but todays racing says it is fair to all runners. The winners positions in the running were varied. A great example was the last two races. Doctor Askar won the Easter from a wide draw (14) but on pace and in the last also over 1600, Croupier from barrier 13 won after being back for most of the race. The other 7 races were all won by single digit  barriers one (x3) five (x3) and 9 nine (x1). Only two runners out of all the races placed with a double digit draw, they were barriers 10 and 14, both ran 2nd. Barrier three did not run 1,2, or 3 in any of the nine races.

[Huey]

3 hours ago, jess said:

When Kate Hercock was asked after her win - how was the track - she seemed a bit lost for words initially - I can't recall her whole response but she did hesitate at first - and then said something about it being very different from what they race on at home (central districts).  Haven't watched any other interviews to hear the other riders' comments ......  

I kind of felt she wanted to say more but it might not have been what the cheer squad wanted to hear.

[jess]

2 hours ago, Huey said:

I kind of felt she wanted to say more but it might not have been what the cheer squad wanted to hear.

Huey - TBH - that's the impression I got too - that she checked her (usually) forthright self & appeared to insert the filter before the words escaped! But I was interested in what others here had to say - and didn't want to be unfair - so reluctant to put a spin on it that may in fact not have existed.

As for your comment Curious - I know what you mean.  I've the impression there's not a lot of bulls##t about the woman - strikes me as a hard worker & genuine and I like that about her.  Respect, KH.  

J.