Timaru Track Inspection - after six races?!

[Chief Stipe]

Uh?  How can there suddenly be a problem after they've already run 6 races?

[Chief Stipe]

So the protocol now is that everytime a horse slips there will be a full track inspection?

[Nowornever]

I am surprised Kurow lasted this long... Rain on a NZ country track spells abandoned 50% of the time

[Muzza]

59 minutes ago, Nowornever said:

I am surprised Kurow lasted this long... Rain on a NZ country track spells abandoned 50% of the time

So rain does not affect large town/city tracks then? 

[mikeynz]

Everyone at Kurow will be breathing a sigh of relief, done and dusted, bet that happens more often than night.

[Special Agent]

On 12/28/2025 at 5:41 PM, Chief Stipe said:

So the protocol now is that everytime a horse slips there will be a full track inspection?

The Stipes Report said two horses blundered and riders voiced their concerns.  I therefore don't think a track inspection is an unreasonable request.

[Freda]

No.  Not at all.  No untoward comments this morning, all riders present seemed happy with the day.

[Chief Stipe]

2 hours ago, Special Agent said:

The Stipes Report said two horses blundered and riders voiced their concerns.  I therefore don't think a track inspection is an unreasonable request.

What changed after six races?  Did it rain?

[Freda]

1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

What changed after six races?  Did it rain?

Yes.

[billy connolly]

4 hours ago, Freda said:

No untoward comments this morning, all riders present seemed happy with the day.

Who cares what the riders think? What about the connections of Mr Pacquiao, would they be satisfied with K. Bakker navigating the Kurow course like a drunken sailor in race one? - https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/54859/1/Race-Detail.aspx#video

Note that the Trackside head-on coverage of the back straight ceased after Bakker's exhibition on Mr Pacquiao, note also there was no mention of jockey incompetence in Stewards report.

The fact that K. Bakker et al can command the same riding fee as Bosson/Grylls etc. is another aberration in this game.
 

[JJ Flash]

1 hour ago, billy connolly said:

Who cares what the riders think? What about the connections of Mr Pacquiao, would they be satisfied with K. Bakker navigating the Kurow course like a drunken sailor in race one? - https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/54859/1/Race-Detail.aspx#video

Note that the Trackside head-on coverage of the back straight ceased after Bakker's exhibition on Mr Pacquiao, note also there was no mention of jockey incompetence in Stewards report.

The fact that K. Bakker et al can command the same riding fee as Bosson/Grylls etc. is another aberration in this game.
 

Agree it was a shocker Billy C. The other interesting ride i saw recently was 

MYSTIC PARK (B Murray) - Restrained from a wide draw to obtain cover shortly after the start. Dictated wider near the 1000 metres by IN VEGAS which shifted away from the heels of TREYBON. Stewards questioned B Murray regarding the performance of the favoured runner, who advised he had been out-paced on a good tempo through the early and middle stages, with the gelding then laying outwards in the home straight and becoming awkwardly placed on the heels of IN VEGAS in the middle stages of the run home and when held up had to shift ground inwards. He added the gelding had found the line fairly, and that carrying 62 kgs today had been a factor in the performance. A post-race veterinary examination did not reveal any obvious abnormality.

Who wants to be on it in the near future given its 2 previous performances

 

 

[Freda]

2 hours ago, billy connolly said:

Who cares what the riders think? What about the connections of Mr Pacquiao, would they be satisfied with K. Bakker navigating the Kurow course like a drunken sailor in race one? - https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/54859/1/Race-Detail.aspx#video

Note that the Trackside head-on coverage of the back straight ceased after Bakker's exhibition on Mr Pacquiao, note also there was no mention of jockey incompetence in Stewards report.

The fact that K. Bakker et al can command the same riding fee as Bosson/Grylls etc. is another aberration in this game.
 

Have to agree with that summation.   I think she's awful anyway,  did feel she had improved but changed my mind very quickly. 

[muzenza365]

I did take notice of this ride also, but to her defence, it did appear to be on one rein.

As far as the Stewards questioning the ride, well, when you get below average policing of races, I believe they fall well below the expected standard in the whole of NZ

[Trojan]

2 hours ago, muzenza365 said:

I did take notice of this ride also, but to her defence, it did appear to be on one rein.

As far as the Stewards questioning the ride, well, when you get below average policing of races, I believe they fall well below the expected standard in the whole of NZ

Well if they questioned rides there would have to be an hour between races!!!