Chief Stipe Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 Withdrawal Morning Weather: Fine Track: Dead 4 Rail: Out 11m | 20mm irrigation applied over the last 24 hours Weather and Track last updated at 9.03am Wednesday 24 February Nomination Morning Weather: Fine Track: Good 3 Rail: Out 11m | Irrigating Weather and Track last updated at 9.22am Tuesday 23 February The R74 1200 has been deleted due to insufficient entries. Quote
nomates Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 Is this for the track as a whole or are we looking at the inside , middle and outside strips as seperate entities ? 2 3 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted February 24, 2021 Author Posted February 24, 2021 Have I done my sums correctly. 42mm of irrigation this week? Thursday Morning Weather: Overcast Track: Dead 4 Rail: Out 11m | 10mm Irrigation Last 24 Hours | 12mm Irrigation being applied this morning Weather and Track last updated at 9.02am Thursday 24 February Quote
Chief Stipe Posted February 24, 2021 Author Posted February 24, 2021 Only a Dead 4? I suspect they are trying to avoid the issue of drizzle tomorrow on a hard track. All that aside in my opinion pouring water on this week was the only thing to do. However I would have done it earlier and kept the soil moisture well up and fine tuned towards race day. Quote
Nostradamus Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 End up a good 2 on the day, I predict dust and rattling times by the second race. The cjc are surely going to get the book thrown at them once more. Maybe the only way to save riccarton is to change the lazy joke of a groundsman! Quote
Thomass Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Mills used to conduct his fireside chats with the 'trackman' on twitter and posted it to the Loveracing site NOTHING for the last 2 meetings... Has Timmy gone on hols or has the 'trackman'? Quote
Chief Stipe Posted February 25, 2021 Author Posted February 25, 2021 I've seen some pictures of the surface. Not good. This picture is of the actual racing surface. The rail is out ELEVEN metres. Quote
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Chief Stipe Posted February 25, 2021 Author Posted February 25, 2021 A Good 3 on race morning after supposedly more than 50mm of irrigation during the week. I'm not sure if the forecast drizzle will be a good thing or a bad thing. Race Morning Weather: Overcast Track: Good 3 Rail: Out 11m Weather and Track last updated at 6.52am Friday 25 February Thursday Afternoon Weather: Overcast Track: Dead 4 Rail: Out 11m | 22mm Irrigation Last 24 Hours Weather and Track last updated at 3.43pm Thursday 24 February Thursday Morning Weather: Overcast Track: Dead 4 Rail: Out 11m | 10mm Irrigation Last 24 Hours | 12mm Irrigation being applied this morning Weather and Track last updated at 9.02am Thursday 24 February Withdrawal Morning Weather: Fine Track: Dead 4 Rail: Out 11m | 20mm Irrigation Last 24 Hours Weather and Track last updated at 9.03am Wednesday 24 February Nomination Morning Weather: Fine Track: Good 3 Rail: Out 11m | Irrigating Weather and Track last updated at 9.22am Tuesday 23 February Quote
Chief Stipe Posted February 25, 2021 Author Posted February 25, 2021 1768306332_received_260115425649253(3).mp4 Quote
Nostradamus Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 That has to be the worst presented track in history, What on earth are they doing? What would team tangerine think of that? I wouldn't risk a greyhound running on that surface!! Quote
Freda Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 Doesn't look too bad on TV...but it will be very firm underneath I imagine. Quote
Chief Stipe Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Freda said: Doesn't look too bad on TV...but it will be very firm underneath I imagine. That's what I thought. But they do something with the broadcasting which I've never been able to work out. I see Sam Wynn's horse knuckled over..... Quote
Freda Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 Looked like clipped heels, no update on her, but hope she is ok. Quote
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