Timaru Track Inspection

[curious]

Timaru Track Inspection

 

Due to significant rain received at Phar Lap raceway over the past week there will be a track inspection at around noon on Saturday. An update will be posted off the back of that meeting.

 

[Chief Stipe]

47 minutes ago, curious said:

Timaru Track Inspection

 

 

Due to significant rain received at Phar Lap raceway over the past week there will be a track inspection at around noon on Saturday. An update will be posted off the back of that meeting.

 

Doesn't anyone want to race on a Heavy track anymore?  51mm in the last 7 days.  It won't get any worse.  If there is no surface water...

[Special Agent]

I don't think NZTR could ever put a meeting off again using visibility as an excuse after letting Cambridge go ahead mid-week.

[Chief Stipe]

8 minutes ago, Special Agent said:

I don't think NZTR could ever put a meeting off again using visibility as an excuse after letting Cambridge go ahead mid-week.

I do recall somewhere in the dark recesses of my memory that at least one meeting was cancelled because the car park was flooded.

[Murray Fish]

1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

I do recall somewhere in the dark recesses of my memory that at least one meeting was cancelled because the car park was flooded.

that happen once at Awapuni,  late 80' early 90's

[Chief Stipe]

24 minutes ago, Murray Fish said:

that happen once at Awapuni,  late 80' early 90's

Yeah you're right.  I think it happened around 2005 as well.

[mikeynz]

I guess if Timaru don't go on Sunday then there is Oamaru next week, I think it's a urban myth about Oamaru and Timaru being better winter tracks, winter is winter, it can be hit or miss, Oamaru generally has a dry climate but seems when the gallops are on it invites rain.

[curious]

The Timaru track was inspected by the Timaru track manager, NZTR regional track manager and a representative of the RIB around midday Saturday 7 June.

 

The track is sodden after significant rain over the past seven and there is an area near the 1100m where water has pooled. There is likely to be some further rain prior to Race 1. As a result tomorrow’s meeting has been postponed on the recommendation of this group.

 

NZTR and the club will now look at any option in terms of a possible reschedule.

 

An update will be communicated tomorrow, Sunday.

[mikeynz]

1 hour ago, curious said:

The Timaru track was inspected by the Timaru track manager, NZTR regional track manager and a representative of the RIB around midday Saturday 7 June.

 

 

 

The track is sodden after significant rain over the past seven and there is an area near the 1100m where water has pooled. There is likely to be some further rain prior to Race 1. As a result tomorrow’s meeting has been postponed on the recommendation of this group.

 

 

 

NZTR and the club will now look at any option in terms of a possible reschedule.

 

 

 

An update will be communicated tomorrow, Sunday.

 

Next month, if at all.

[Murray Fish]

we were going to go, cancelled yesterday!

[curious]

Meeting News

Timaru Races Tuesday

 

The Timaru meeting that is postponed tomorrow has been rescheduled to Tuesday 10 June. Looking at both forecasts and scheduling capabilities it was decided that this was the best opportunity for stakeholders.

 

All scratchings have been reinstated and there is a new timetable of race times. 

 

Many thanks for the cooperation of multiple groups of people

[Shad]

14 minutes ago, curious said:

Meeting News

Timaru Races Tuesday

 

The Timaru meeting that is postponed tomorrow has been rescheduled to Tuesday 10 June. Looking at both forecasts and scheduling capabilities it was decided that this was the best opportunity for stakeholders.

 

All scratchings have been reinstated and there is a new timetable of race times. 

 

Many thanks for the cooperation of multiple groups of people

Not the first time this has happened, 17th July 2017, raced on the Tuesday after canceling the Sunday, duecto hesvyrsin and flooding 

[Muzza]

30 minutes ago, Shad said:

Not the first time this has happened, 17th July 2017, raced on the Tuesday after canceling the Sunday, duecto hesvyrsin and flooding 

It's called shit happens. Not a lot can be done about it. 

[Shad]

8 hours ago, Muzza said:

It's called shit happens. Not a lot can be done about it. 

Very true, and didn't bother me as they raced on the Tuesday, only remember the fact as we had a horse racing, somethings just stick in your head.

[curious]

Due to the particularly heavy track at Timaru, the need to mitigate barrier movements and the early start time the two trials originally scheduled prior to Race 1 have been cancelled.

[Freda]

On 6/06/2025 at 5:14 PM, Special Agent said:

I don't think NZTR could ever put a meeting off again using visibility as an excuse after letting Cambridge go ahead mid-week.

And Riccarton on May 1st.   Appalling conditions.

[Mustang Kenny]

Will have a dramatic impact on either Timaru or Oamaru fields this coming Sunday.  Surely common sense would say postpone Oamaru until the following Thursday.  No meeting in NZ that day and it would enable many horses to back up that will not otherwise back up 4 days later after very hard runs at Timaru.  I have phoned that suggestion through to NZTR but got no joy

[curious]

Just now, Mustang Kenny said:

Will have a dramatic impact on either Timaru or Oamaru fields this coming Sunday.  Surely common sense would say postpone Oamaru until the following Thursday.  No meeting in NZ that day and it would enable many horses to back up that will not otherwise back up 4 days later after very hard runs at Timaru.  I have phoned that suggestion through to NZTR but got no joy

That would make a lot more sense than the current arrangement.

[Freda]

51 minutes ago, Mustang Kenny said:

Will have a dramatic impact on either Timaru or Oamaru fields this coming Sunday.  Surely common sense would say postpone Oamaru until the following Thursday.  No meeting in NZ that day and it would enable many horses to back up that will not otherwise back up 4 days later after very hard runs at Timaru.  I have phoned that suggestion through to NZTR but got no joy

You're not surprised surely. 

The talk at the track this morning in unrelenting rain was that it had to be wetter than Sunday if they were getting what we were..and the general consensus is that they would have to be off.

[curious]

31 minutes ago, Freda said:

You're not surprised surely. 

The talk at the track this morning in unrelenting rain was that it had to be wetter than Sunday if they were getting what we were..and the general consensus is that they would have to be off.

No rain out here to speak of and none in Timaru according to the met service.