Ellerslie

[Chief Stipe]

This was the profile before they raced on it.

 

 

[curious]

7 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

They put 90 tonnes after the first abandoned meeting then when the next meeting was abandoned they put on another 900 tonnes.  That of course doesn't count the original 12,000 tonnes.

Well, regardless whether or not it was a good idea to add it, it surely needed 12-18 months for it to infiltrate and be bound by the root structure before it was raced on again. You get what you pay for I guess. Jockeys need windshields and wipers, but the poor horses are stuck with what they get chucked at them.

[curious]

26 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

Really?  Who would have thought.

I notice this posted just now on another channel which is consistent with JMO's perspective.

 

[Newmarket]

Waverley today was a complete bog…. I was waiting for meeting to be cancelled early on, but surprised it went ahead when you look at recent cancellations. 
I’m waiting for stipes report…. surely there would have been horses slipping??

[Chief Stipe]

20 minutes ago, curious said:

I notice this posted just now on another channel which is consistent with JMO's perspective.

 

Which is exactly what I've been saying.  If you listen to the Jockeys after a race in those conditions you hear that the horses look after themselves and hold back.

[Chief Stipe]

20 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Waverley today was a complete bog…. I was waiting for meeting to be cancelled early on, but surprised it went ahead when you look at recent cancellations. 
I’m waiting for stipes report…. surely there would have been horses slipping??

No because it is a track that horses get their hooves into it.  Most of our tracks are like that.  It is in the early spring and early autumn where issues with slipping occur.  Where the weather goes from dry to wet and back again.  

There'd be no slipping at Waverley today - just tired horses.