Any guesses on what the track will be like at Riccarton 27 March 2021?

[Chief Stipe]

MEETING NEWS

Riccarton Park - Hororata | Saturday 27 March

 

Nomination Morning

Weather: Fine

Track: Dead 4

Rail: True 

Weather and Track last updated at 9.35am Tuesday 23 March

 

The following races will remain open until Wednesday 24th March 9.00am

- OPN 1800
- OPN 1400
- R74 1200

[Chief Stipe]

I guess they won't be running down the track 11m out - that was off last time!

[Thomass]

Brill for the Horror Rata's of this World...

Sucked if you were a Marlborough Devotee 

Maybe Pitty can get his stick out..do a few stabs where Timmy Mills did his...

....and let us know where the irrigation hit and where it missed..

Thanks Pitty

[Chief Stipe]

So Thomarse you know that 11m out the lane is stuffed.  Can you explain to us how you will use that information in your selections?

[Reefton]

I see there is a 'pipe burst' preventing irrigation there today after they watered it even on a day when it was wet anyway earlier in the week.

Good 3 rating this morning and afternoon - does that mean it will be a slow 7 on the fence and a fast 1 on the outside?

Here's hoping the dust will be flying!!!

 

Edited March 26, 2021 by Reefton

[Shad]

To long for for most of them,

[Thomass]

So finally some transparency with Timmy Mills producing a Going Stick map...

..something Ellerslie refused to do

Faster on the bends and more than likely the rail...after a water pipe burst...so no irrigation today

https://loveracing.nz/OnHorseFiles/NRB Meeting News/Riccarton Park - NZ Going Report - 2021-03-25 08_57.pdf

[Newmarket]

Green i reckon

[Chief Stipe]

2 hours ago, Thomass said:

So finally some transparency with Timmy Mills producing a Going Stick map...

..something Ellerslie refused to do

Faster on the bends and more than likely the rail...after a water pipe burst...so no irrigation today

https://loveracing.nz/OnHorseFiles/NRB Meeting News/Riccarton Park - NZ Going Report - 2021-03-25 08_57.pdf

So what the hell does that tell you?  How have you adjusted your bets with the this fantadtical information?

[Chief Stipe]

MEETING NEWS

Riccarton Park - Hororata | Saturday 27 March RACE DAY

 

Race Day

Weather: Fine

Track: Good 3

Rail: True 

Weather and Track last updated at 6.22am Saturday 27 March

 

Friday Afternoon

Weather: Fine

Track: Good 3

Rail: True | No Irrigation Will Take Place Today Due To A Burst Water Pipe

Weather and Track last updated at 3.52pm Friday 26 March

 

Friday Morning

Weather: Fine

Track: Good 3

Rail: True | No Irrigation Will Take Place Today Due To A Burst Water Pipe

Weather and Track last updated at 9.55am Friday 26 March

 

Thursday Morning

Weather: Fine

Track: Dead 4

Rail: True | 1mm rain overnight, Irrigating 5mm Today 

Weather and Track last updated at 9.01am Thursday 25 March

[Chief Stipe]

Pitty must have stood on the irrigation pipe.  Of course they don't have any spares in Canterbury.  Don't they get their water from a bore on course?

Rosehill Gardens - 360mm of rain in 10 days!  The track is rated a Soft 7 and improving!

[Reefton]

360mm in ten days? Thats called a sun shower on the Coast.  Reefton would be hard and fast.

Mind you Reefton is lucky enough to have track people who know what they are doing.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Reefton

[Mark D]

Lisa's goat track has moved?

 

[Chief Stipe]

9 minutes ago, Mark D said:

Lisa's goat track has moved?

 

I think calling Riccarton today a "goat track" is being rather kind.  But I guess that is what you get when you forget to water the grass so it can grow.

[Chief Stipe]

I know my eyesight and memory is being challenged by advancing years but.....is the rail in the "true" position not actually the "true" position as we used to know it?  It looks to me that the width of the turf track has shrunk presumably because it has been consumed by the AWT development on the inner.

Surely once the AWT track is up and running they are going to repair the main track?  Does anyone know if the CJC has indicated they are going to do that?  If so what are they going to do?  Aside from hiring Reefton dairy farmers.

[Chief Stipe]

39 minutes ago, Reefton said:

360mm in ten days? Thats called a sun shower on the Coast.  Reefton would be hard and fast.

 

I think you are referring to Omoto.

They ran 1:10 in the first so definitely on the improve from a Soft 7.

[Reefton]

54 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

I think you are referring to Omoto.

Omoto used to be like that in days gone by but they made the mistake of letting 'experts' renovate it -predictably they f#*"#d it up.

Lucky for the GJC though Jim Findlay their trackman contacted O'Malley a couple of years back - they got the chisel plough onto it and it is considerably improved.  Not as good as it was but when you let idiots near tracks that is the consequence.

In the state it was in it could never have handles three consecutive  days last season .

[Freda]

Riccarton firm, Pitty is flying.

[Chief Stipe]

3 minutes ago, Freda said:

Riccarton firm, Pitty is flying.

Well at least the horses will be getting used to dirt in their faces!

[nomates]

Like watching a meeting from the outback of aussie . Very disappointing that a so called metropolitan track keeps dishing up shit tracks .

[Huey]

Just now, nomates said:

Like watching a meeting from the outback of aussie . Very disappointing that a so called metropolitan track keeps dishing up shit tracks .

Venue Plan is working so very well!!!

 

[nomates]

2 minutes ago, Huey said:

Venue Plan is working so very well!!!

 

That's part of the issue isn't it , a meeting there every 2 weeks almost , so all the clubs forced to move there will have their meetings run on the all weather cause that track isn't gonna improve enough to handle even half the meetings scheduled there .

[Reefton]

5 minutes ago, nomates said:

Like watching a meeting from the outback of aussie . Very disappointing that a so called metropolitan track keeps dishing up shit tracks .

Dunno

Just been talking to the man and he is fairly chipper about the way the track was today.  First half decent track since the middle day of Cup week.

For all that they will make a point, piss irrigation on close to raceday  and turn it into another shit hole in a week or two

[Chief Stipe]

6 minutes ago, Reefton said:

Dunno

Just been talking to the man and he is fairly chipper about the way the track was today.  First half decent track since the middle day of Cup week.

For all that they will make a point, piss irrigation on close to raceday  and turn it into another shit hole in a week or two

FFS shows where our standards have slipped to if the South Islands leading trainer calls that a half decent track.  It was an absolute disgrace for the South Islands premier racecourse.

Where's the plan to fix it?

This track has a Polytrack for training too!

 

[nomates]

15 minutes ago, Reefton said:

Dunno

Just been talking to the man and he is fairly chipper about the way the track was today.  First half decent track since the middle day of Cup week.

For all that they will make a point, piss irrigation on close to raceday  and turn it into another shit hole in a week or two

Maybe he's chipper because he won 4 races , but sorry the overheads around the top bend showed how threadbare it is , no idea what the next meeting will be like , simple not acceptable for a metropolitan club .