jess Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Meeting News Possible Riccarton Synthetic Trials - Wednesday The Ashburton Trials scheduled for Tuesday have been cancelled. The Canterbury Jockey Club has offered the Polytrack as an option to have a Trials meeting at Riccarton Park on Wednesday. This is subject to two things: Sufficient entries being received. Being able to step in when weather and other conditions make a turf track unavailable was a key plank in the industry wanting Synthetic tracks so hopefully there will be. All staff, service providers and contractors being available. Good to see another option being put up - with the release as above. Interesting! The second part of #1 comment makes it sounds like you're on notice, Canterbury trainers! (to support the synthetic). And as for #2 - I'd have thought trials wouldn't even be proposed unless those ducks were in a line? But I guess I don't understand how these things work & the batting order for organising them ... Options to trial are important I believe - for all participants equine & human - including punters. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Kenny Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Yeah NAH, not for my babies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, jess said: Sufficient entries being received. Being able to step in when weather and other conditions make a turf track unavailable was a key plank in the industry wanting Synthetic tracks so hopefully there will be. Really? Do they think that trialling on synthetic is a good way to condition horses for grass racing? Especially for horses that have never even galloped on one? No clue where they get that idea. Sounds like a good recipe for injury to me. Edited 2 hours ago by curious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess Posted 52 minutes ago Author Share Posted 52 minutes ago No argument from me Curious. Owners will trust their trainers to make the right decisions for their horses. I don't know enough about that track to know what those decisions would/should be - although I'm aware of some of the opinions that have been aired. I was just bemused that the press release didn't just leave it at "depending on sufficient entries" - rather than what seemed like a "poke" at the trainers - that they've been given what they asked for - now front up & use it! (at least, that's how it read to me ....) It's not a big deal - but simply not what I would have expected in a factual, info-only bulletin regarding possible upcoming trials. Maybe the Comms team had Easter weekend off ..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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