Poisoned Dwarf Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Whakatane Meeting on Wednesday Abandoned 13 Jun Due to extremely heavy rain, surface water on the track and further rain predicted for today and tomorrow the meeting scheduled for Te Teko on Wednesday 13 June has been abandoned. NZTR, together with the club and New Zealand Racing Board are looking to find an alternative date to run this meeting. Quote
Reefton Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 well they can't do much about the weather can they? The days of ploughing through knee deep mud in absolutely torrential rain are long gone unfortunately 1 Quote
Poisoned Dwarf Posted June 12, 2018 Author Posted June 12, 2018 no they can't, racing doesn't seem to have the forward thinking of rugby or cricket in that respect. Quote
pete Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Not really sure what you think they were supposed to do PD. The weather is the weather and this particular event only really got flagged on Friday or Saturday. Quote
jess Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Hi `yarners - been busy with the nose to the grindstone (to support the ponies - who are with child you know ?) - so didn't see the timing of the announcement. But hopefully in good time so at least people didn't have to travel their horses only to cop a wash-out - something to be a little thankful for at least. Best of luck to all for the reserve date. J. Quote
Chief Stipe Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 There's been a lot of rain lately. Even Ruakaka would struggle. 1 Quote
Hedley Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, jess said: Hi `yarners - been busy with the nose to the grindstone (to support the ponies - who are with child you know ?) - so didn't see the timing of the announcement. But hopefully in good time so at least people didn't have to travel their horses only to cop a wash-out - something to be a little thankful for at least. Best of luck to all for the reserve date. J. Hi Jess, the reserve date is for this Friday..so i heard Quote
Kakama Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Yeah been pretty wet alright....while tracks are poor....can't help the weather. Sad thing, we are only 2 weeks into winter!! 1 Quote
jess Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Greetings Hedley and Kakama ....yes indeed! Don't have any that I've bred racing there but have connections with one further south this week so wish us luck ... Yep quite wet many places for June ... it can be quite a dry month some years but not 2018 it seems ... All the best, J 1 Quote
hesi Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Just a point here, they race in places like Shatin, that is in the monsoon belt and gets many many times more rainfall than NZ(West Coast excluded, no disrespect Reefton), because they have an all weather track, Strathayr to be exact..................and Shatin is built on reclaimed land Quote
Chief Stipe Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 26 minutes ago, hesi said: Just a point here, they race in places like Shatin, that is in the monsoon belt and gets many many times more rainfall than NZ(West Coast excluded, no disrespect Reefton), because they have an all weather track, Strathayr to be exact..................and Shatin is built on reclaimed land Do they race during the Monsoon? Quote
hesi Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 I recall, and as long as my memory is not affected by alcohol or glory, that I looked up the rainfall data and racing dates for Hong Kong(Shatin) once, and while their season stops before the monsoons come, it is still a lot of rain during the racing season Quote
Chief Stipe Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, hesi said: I recall, and as long as my memory is not affected by alcohol or glory, that I looked up the rainfall data and racing dates for Hong Kong(Shatin) once, and while their season stops before the monsoons come, it is still a lot of rain during the racing season How many mm's? Quote
hesi Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 M&M's ???? I knew they were pretty wet, but didn't realise they were there. You been on the plonk again Chief, get the missus to give you a massage with lavender oil, very relaxing Quote
Chief Stipe Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 No the point is that many people believe that the Strathayr track is the magic exlir. The reality is that a Strathayr track has limitations and don't forget that there are two in Hong Kong as well as dirt tracks. What is the horse population in HK? 3 1 Quote
Kakama Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, jess said: Greetings Hedley and Kakama ....yes indeed! Don't have any that I've bred racing there but have connections with one further south this week so wish us luck ... Yep quite wet many places for June ... it can be quite a dry month some years but not 2018 it seems ... All the best, J Greetings to you too jess.... Now heres what we do.....why not experiment with 100s truckloads of sand on a couple of our worst tracks? Then we can mirror ruakaka around nz.....come on.....put your hands up to be a driver.... Quote
Chief Stipe Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 11 minutes ago, Kakama said: Greetings to you too jess.... Now heres what we do.....why not experiment with 100s truckloads of sand on a couple of our worst tracks? Then we can mirror ruakaka around nz.....come on.....put your hands up to be a driver.... Won't be allowed because our horses and jockeys don't like sand in their faces. 2 Quote
hesi Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: No the point is that many people believe that the Strathayr track is the magic exlir. The reality is that a Strathayr track has limitations and don't forget that there are two in Hong Kong as well as dirt tracks. What is the horse population in HK? Hong Kong season is from Sept to mid July SUMMARY OF FIXTURES 2017-2018 Shatin 45 Day meetings 5 Night Happy Valley 1 day 37 night From HK Observatory, Rainfall data for 2017(mm) Jan - 8 Feb - 20 Mar - 48 Apr - 59 May - 399 June - 656 July - 570 Aug - 489 Sept - 192 Oct - 100 Nov - 31 Dec - trace From that you can see they are racing in May/June/July, months with heavy rainfall Edited June 12, 2018 by hesi Quote
Dark Beau Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 19 minutes ago, Kakama said: Greetings to you too jess.... Now heres what we do.....why not experiment with 100s truckloads of sand on a couple of our worst tracks? Then we can mirror ruakaka around nz.....come on.....put your hands up to be a driver.... Haven’t they just done that atTe Rapa? Come in friends of Te Rapa and tell us otherwise or tell us how it has worked out. Quote
Weasel Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Greetings all ...I have it on good authority that Ruakaka is in top nick for Saturday, Dead 5 posted as of this morning; only a skittery shower or two in the last 24hrs and none predicted til Sunday. Could be a Dead 4 at the weekend ...word is they will split a maiden 1400m race (over 40 noms) into two races and have 10 on the card in total. 1 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 34 minutes ago, hesi said: Hong Kong season is from Sept to mid July SUMMARY OF FIXTURES 2017-2018 Shatin 45 Day meetings 5 Night Happy Valley 1 day 37 night From HK Observatory, Rainfall data for 2017(mm) Jan - 8 Feb - 20 Mar - 48 Apr - 59 May - 399 June - 656 July - 570 Aug - 489 Sept - 192 Oct - 100 Nov - 31 Dec - trace From that you can see they are racing in May/June/July, months with heavy rainfall Ok let's look at July. 5 meetings - 3 at Shatin 2 at Happy Valley. Nothing in August. Quote
Newmarket Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 26 minutes ago, Weasel said: Greetings all ...I have it on good authority that Ruakaka is in top nick for Saturday, Dead 5 posted as of this morning; only a skittery shower or two in the last 24hrs and none predicted til Sunday. Could be a Dead 4 at the weekend ...word is they will split a maiden 1400m race (over 40 noms) into two races and have 10 on the card in total. I know some don’t like ruakaka, but one track in nz I have confidence in with track - conditions etc Quote
hesi Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: Ok let's look at July. 5 meetings - 3 at Shatin 2 at Happy Valley. Nothing in August. A lot of water in May/June? More than most places in NZ get in a year Quote
Chief Stipe Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 Yes but the temperature is consistently the highest as are the sunshine hours during June. The air temperature is in the 30's as is the soil temperature. An average of 11 days during the month are rain free. I'm not sure what weather station you are using but the main HK observatory has less rainfall than what you state. Granted it still rains a lot during the rainy season but then Hong Kong adjusts it racing calendar to suit. They don't race from 16 July to the first weekend in September. In July there are only seven racing meetings shared between Shatin and Happy Valley. Quote
mardigras Posted June 12, 2018 Posted June 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: They don't race from 16 July to the first weekend in September. In July there are only seven racing meetings shared between Shatin and Happy Valley. But to give credit, they still race on their various surfaces 3 - 4 times and how many tracks in NZ in winter can achieve that? Quote
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