Bad Fall…

[Newmarket]

Wow, that R8 at Riccarton looked terrible, hope all are ok. Did horse clip heels? 

[curious]

Stipendiary stewards provided an update on all riders and horses which saw May (pelvis), Grylls (shoulder/arm) and Taplin (wrist) transferred to hospital for further observation and treatment whilst Atchamah (possible concussion) and Murray were cleared of any serious injury.

All horses came through the incident relatively unscathed with just bumps, bruises and scrapes reported. Stipendiary stewards met with the remaining jockeys on-course and it was agreed that the final two races on the day would be abandoned.

[Freda]

The good news is that x-rays and scans have cleared Brandon May of serious pelvic injury, and Bridget Grylls of shoulder complications as well.  Soft tissue mainly, concussion for Bridget and possibly broken wrist for Jack Taplin.

Yogesh Atchamah has a sore hand but usable, and Brett Murray's timely flying dismount kept him free of trouble altogether. 

Richard Stomper has a fractured sinus and will undergo surgery.

Edited Sunday at 02:08 AM by Freda

[curious]

Bridget out for 6 weeks.

[the galah]

b may has been riding particularly well lately. J taplin has looked very promising as well and with his 3 kilo claim. his ride on little but firce was an excellent winning  ride.

actually b may has been doing a lot of riding for the carston stable. I made comment a few months ago about that stable and the way they seemed to like to have their horses ridden which was producing below par results. . Well since the stable has changed the jockeys they are going a lot better than they used to. Maybe its had something to do with the horses as well,but these days you can back them with confidence whereas you certainly couldn't in the past. Actually i think since he changed jockeys ,the main jockey he used to have riding them,whom doesn't ride as much for him now, seems to have improved a bit,although personally i still try and avoid betting on him.But thats just me.

so i hope they all bounce back quick.

I was surprised they cancelled the last 2 races. That just seems to be how it works these days. I realise it would have been upsetting for the other jockeys,but to me that said,jockeys these days aren't mentally as tough as they used to be.That may not be a very p.c. comment but i think its true.,. When i initially heard that i feared a jockey had died as i thought that had to be the reason. But fortunately t was just because they were too upset to ride because their workmates had got hurt.

Edited Monday at 02:39 AM by the galah

[mikeynz]

29 minutes ago, the galah said:

b may has been riding particularly well lately. J taplin has looked very promising as well and with his 3 kilo claim. his ride on little but firce was an excellent winning  ride.

actually b may has been doing a lot of riding for the carston stable. I made comment a few months ago about that stable and the way they seemed to like to have their horses ridden which was producing below par results. . Well since the stable has changed the jockeys they are going a lot better than they used to. Maybe its had something to do with the horses as well,but these days you can back them with confidence whereas you certainly couldn't in the past. Actually i think since he changed jockeys ,the main jockey he used to have riding them,whom doesn't ride as much for him now, seems to have improved a bit,although personally i still try and avoid betting on him.But thats just me.

so i hope they all bounce back quick.

I was surprised they cancelled the last 2 races. That just seems to be how it works these days. I realise it would have been upsetting for the other jockeys,but to me that said,jockeys these days aren't mentally as tough as they used to be.That may not be a very p.c. comment but i think its true.,. When i initially heard that i feared a jockey had died as i thought that had to be the reason. But fortunately t was just because they were too upset to ride because their workmates had got hurt.

Two races at Washdyke Sunday have been boosted, those missing out last week have preference, fortunately no southern horses went all the way north only to have to go home without starting, 5 Jockeys affected in fall, finding replacements quickly might not have been easy, stakes boosted for Southland Friday, good noms mostly too,mostly all Southern trained  there is often a lot of negativity regarding racing in the South, and where things are heading they have fewer days and short season, but things just keep chugging along year after year.

[the galah]

1 hour ago, mikeynz said:

Two races at Washdyke Sunday have been boosted, those missing out last week have preference, fortunately no southern horses went all the way north only to have to go home without starting, 5 Jockeys affected in fall, finding replacements quickly might not have been easy, stakes boosted for Southland Friday, good noms mostly too,mostly all Southern trained  there is often a lot of negativity regarding racing in the South, and where things are heading they have fewer days and short season, but things just keep chugging along year after year.

yes those couple of fields were full of mostly christchurch horses..Just an extra float fee to timaru i suppose. Will they run a couple of extra races or can a couple of the original onesprogrammed for sunday to fit them in?

i'm not sure about the negativity you mention. i just follow the racing,but those south island horses get to race for much better stake money than the harness people and they have much better betting fields

They also  seem to have that many ex north island horses race in the south island. Thats a huge advantage that the harness people don't have.

they don't have to go to all the expense of breeding,looking after the mares,raising them when they are younger.

They just get to take them over when they have shown enough promise to be competitve up north, to warrant racing in the south island.

really south island gallops people,whether it be owners or trainers , should not underestimate just how lucky they are to be able to do that and how much money they save becaus of that.

for example i just had a look at the timaru results from last week. 6 of the 10 winners werre ex north island horses.That seems to be the norm these days.

actually,when you look at the betting turnovers,they are ok but the sunday gallops meetings are poor. But it seems to be a policy to push meetings onto sundays and get the punters to focus on the australian races on a saturday. Personally i think that has major negatives, as well as the positives. It certainly hasn't helped the harness racing having to race with such long intervals between races. Who in their right mind wants to go sit on a racecourse on a sunday where they have 40 minutes between races. That must be so boring. I mentioned on the harness side of this forum the pathetic turnover a $100,000 race they had at awapuni recently, that they ran on a sunday. It was only something like $3,700 in the win tote pool for the $100,000 race that had a good field.

anyway,i think the south isalnd gallops really have it good these days,so i doubt they should be moaning too much. 

Edited Monday at 04:16 AM by the galah

[Chief Stipe]

11 minutes ago, the galah said:

for example i just had a look at the timaru results from last week. 6 of the 10 winners werre ex north island horses.That seems to be the norm these days

I dont get this distinction between "North Island" and "South Island" horses.  Can you offer a definition?

LOL perhaps that's how @Pitman has claimed the South Island Trainers Premiership on FB.

 

[the galah]

28 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

I dont get this distinction between "North Island" and "South Island" horses.  Can you offer a definition?

 

not sure whether your just taking the mickey as  the answer is obvious.

i'll quote myself to explain it for you,to help you out..

43 minutes ago, the galah said:

 that many ex north island horses race in the south island. 

They just get to take them over when they have shown enough promise to be competitve up north, to warrant racing in the south island.

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 04:55 AM by the galah

[Chief Stipe]

21 minutes ago, the galah said:

not sure whether your just taking the mickey as  the answer is obvious.

i'll quote myself to explain it for you,to help you out..

 

 

What do you mean ex north island horses?  @Pitman has bought a few from up there.    Born and/or bred and/or raced and/or owned and/or trained?  What exactly?

[mikeynz]

3 hours ago, the galah said:

yes those couple of fields were full of mostly christchurch horses..Just an extra float fee to timaru i suppose. Will they run a couple of extra races or can a couple of the original onesprogrammed for sunday to fit them in?

i'm not sure about the negativity you mention. i just follow the racing,but those south island horses get to race for much better stake money than the harness people and they have much better betting fields

They also  seem to have that many ex north island horses race in the south island. Thats a huge advantage that the harness people don't have.

they don't have to go to all the expense of breeding,looking after the mares,raising them when they are younger.

They just get to take them over when they have shown enough promise to be competitve up north, to warrant racing in the south island.

really south island gallops people,whether it be owners or trainers , should not underestimate just how lucky they are to be able to do that and how much money they save becaus of that.

for example i just had a look at the timaru results from last week. 6 of the 10 winners werre ex north island horses.That seems to be the norm these days.

actually,when you look at the betting turnovers,they are ok but the sunday gallops meetings are poor. But it seems to be a policy to push meetings onto sundays and get the punters to focus on the australian races on a saturday. Personally i think that has major negatives, as well as the positives. It certainly hasn't helped the harness racing having to race with such long intervals between races. Who in their right mind wants to go sit on a racecourse on a sunday where they have 40 minutes between races. That must be so boring. I mentioned on the harness side of this forum the pathetic turnover a $100,000 race they had at awapuni recently, that they ran on a sunday. It was only something like $3,700 in the win tote pool for the $100,000 race that had a good field.

anyway,i think the south isalnd gallops really have it good these days,so i doubt they should be moaning too much. 

Talk about the negativity, we'll all I'm seeing is everything revolving around Ellerslie or TeRapa, and stuff the rest of the country,(it seems)and personally I don't think many in the South give two shits about Ellerslie and the likes, rarely do you see horses from Cook Strait South there so they just do there own thing, they still have their cup races, Guineas races and the like, and yes the stakes on offer are pretty decent at present, sure up North is the stronghold for gallops, but racing in the South it's going ok, long may it continue.