nomates Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 39 minutes ago, Mikie said: It was when it was taken out of Club hands and the Track Managers (formerly caretakers) had to dance to the tune of the NZTR Track Head Honcho whose name escapes me that the shit hit the fan more often Curious Mikie Foskett Quote
Mikie Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, nomates said: Foskett Thanks Nomates Gary Foskett, that's the one Mikie Quote
Freda Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Mikie said: It was when it was taken out of Club hands and the Track Managers (formerly caretakers) had to dance to the tune of the NZTR Track Head Honcho whose name escapes me that the shit hit the fan more often Curious Mikie Yeah...Reefton will recall when they were advised to put x amount of water on a firmish Reefton track by the said gentleman. The local specialist ( farmer) flatly refused, that is a waste of time he said and it will only make things worse. The day went ahead without incident. Quote
Freda Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 On 27/10/2020 at 12:37 PM, Nostradamus said: I'm trying to work out how ashburton has done their going,G3 yesterday 8mm rain over night now a D5, do they just look out the window to get these readings? D5, overnight shower, now a D4. Quote
curious Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Freda said: D5, overnight shower, now a D4. They seriously need to sort this track condition reporting, though they have needed to do that for years to be fair. Quote
nomates Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 Don't worry about reporting track conditions , how about they get the gates in the right starting position , Ash r3 , they obviously need to get a bigger 1200mtr marker . Keystone cops . Quote
Freda Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, nomates said: Don't worry about reporting track conditions , how about they get the gates in the right starting position , Ash r3 , they obviously need to get a bigger 1200mtr marker . Keystone cops . The marker post appeared to be trying to hide in the hedge. Still visible, though. Wonder who [ finally ] noticed that the gates were misplaced? Quote
nomates Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, Freda said: The marker post appeared to be trying to hide in the hedge. Still visible, though. Wonder who [ finally ] noticed that the gates were misplaced? My guess is not one of the starters or gates team , it would be funny if not so sad at the incompetence . Quote
Chief Stipe Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 55 minutes ago, curious said: They seriously need to sort this track condition reporting, though they have needed to do that for years to be fair. So much for integrity. Quote
curious Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 Wonder who finally noticed? The vet? What are the stipes and starting team doing? Quote
Chief Stipe Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, curious said: What are the stipes and starting team doing? Breath testing CWJ. 1 Quote
Running Man Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 7:13 PM, nomates said: Foskett I have heard up here (north) its taken out of the clubs hands and into te akau hands they have been threaten(apparently) that if they aren't allowed to gallop on course proper Tuesday/Thursday Saturday Saturday is( race day) they wont support the guineas being in the south island again hopefully my info is not right LOW act if it is Quote
Chief Stipe Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, Running Man said: that if they aren't allowed to gallop on course proper Tuesday/Thursday Saturday Why would you NOT allow them to gallop? You are allowed to on OZ tracks - quite a few horses have galloped on Flemington this week. Farnan for one. Basically a familiarisation exercise for the horse. Wouldn't it be a LOWER ACT to not allow? Or is that all about giving the local team an advantage? Of course you could confine the gallops to those horses entered for the Saturday. Quote
curious Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 38 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: Why would you NOT allow them to gallop? You are allowed to on OZ tracks - quite a few horses have galloped on Flemington this week. Farnan for one. Basically a familiarisation exercise for the horse. Wouldn't it be a LOWER ACT to not allow? Or is that all about giving the local team an advantage? Of course you could confine the gallops to those horses entered for the Saturday. What? I never heard of horses being allowed to gallop on the course proper at Riccarton though I've been MIA for a while and may have missed something. They don't even run jumpouts or trials on it do they? And if they allow it why only on Tues/Thurs/Sat? That may not suit some horses' preps. Freda may be able to advise. Quote
Chief Stipe Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 1 minute ago, curious said: What? I never heard of horses being allowed to gallop on the course proper at Riccarton though I've been MIA for a while and may have missed something. They don't even run jumpouts or trials on it do they? And if they allow it why only on Tues/Thurs/Sat? That may not suit some horses' preps. Freda may be able to advise. I detect some sarcasm in that post if I'm not mistaken..... Quote
Freda Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, curious said: What? I never heard of horses being allowed to gallop on the course proper at Riccarton though I've been MIA for a while and may have missed something. They don't even run jumpouts or trials on it do they? And if they allow it why only on Tues/Thurs/Sat? That may not suit some horses' preps. Freda may be able to advise. They do run jumpouts, yes...and there is a trial meeting scheduled in December. Years ago - and I mean years - anyone was allowed to gallop on the course proper, by arrangement, and with the payment of one guinea [ I think, may have been a pound. ] More recently, we have been allowed to have normal gallops on the course when prevailing conditions make it necessary, and trainers with horses engaged in prestige races have been allowed as well. On occasion, the course wilI be open for the Saturday's runners only. I do recall Ellerslie engaged runners being sent round reverse way, may have been Peter Williams? and I'm fairly sure Pitty has more recently had runners engaged in the north allowed as well. He will be able to confirm. 1 Quote
curious Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 31 minutes ago, Freda said: Years ago - and I mean years - anyone was allowed to gallop on the course proper, by arrangement, and with the payment of one guinea [ I think, may have been a pound. ] Given that decimal currency was introduced in July 1967, you are right, that is a few years ago. I may have still been in nappies. Quote
curious Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 35 minutes ago, Freda said: They do run jumpouts, yes...and there is a trial meeting scheduled in December. How long since there has been a trial meeting there? Quote
Chief Stipe Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, curious said: Given that decimal currency was introduced in July 1967, you are right, that is a few years ago. I may have still been in nappies. Generally we start out in nappies and depending on how long we live we end up back in them. Quote
curious Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 43 minutes ago, Freda said: They do run jumpouts, yes...and there is a trial meeting scheduled in December. Official jumpouts down the straight? Quote
Freda Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, curious said: How long since there has been a trial meeting there? December last year. Quote
Freda Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, curious said: Official jumpouts down the straight? Jumpouts are held monthly up the back straight, wide out, about 500m. Horses must be pulled up before the bend. Quote
curious Posted October 30, 2020 Author Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Freda said: Jumpouts are held monthly up the back straight, wide out, about 500m. Horses must be pulled up before the bend. OK. So really more of a practice gate exercise. Not official jumpouts like say at Levin run over various set distances from 600-1200m on the rail with published results etc? Edited October 30, 2020 by curious Quote
Joe Bloggs Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 29 minutes ago, Freda said: Jumpouts are held monthly up the back straight, wide out, about 500m. Horses must be pulled up before the bend. we were doing that at Flemington 40 years ago. many winners came out of those, bookmakers cried and their wives wept, life was grand then. Quote
curious Posted October 30, 2020 Author Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said: we were doing that at Flemington 40 years ago. many winners came out of those, bookmakers cried and their wives wept, life was grand then. Still happens here. Not sure about the wives though. Edited October 30, 2020 by curious Quote
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