curious Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Dead5 this morning and irrigating. 3.36pm Dead4. Must be hot over there or irrigating meant that Reefton went out and peed on the track. 2 Quote
Joe Bloggs Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 45 minutes ago, curious said: Dead5 this morning and irrigating. 3.36pm Dead4. Must be hot over there or irrigating meant that Reefton went out and peed on the track. Good, good to soft in places.... 1 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 51 minutes ago, curious said: Dead5 this morning and irrigating. 3.36pm Dead4. Must be hot over there or irrigating meant that Reefton went out and peed on the track. 30 degrees plus. I've been in Reefton when it's that hot and it is hot as it sits in a bowl with no breeze. 2 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 I remember Dad driving the family to Nelson from Hokitika in the late 70's. It was hot and as we got closer to Reefton (120km from Hoki) it got stinking hot. Dad stopped in the main street of Reefton and we all bowled into a pub that had its front door on the main street. I can remember vividly it had a cold air conditioner running flat tack and even colder beer. I remember even more vividly after an hour or so leaving and going through that front door and hitting what felt like a brick wall of heat. 1 Quote
nomates Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Good luck tomorrow Reefton , if it can match Monday's racing you'll have a cracker . 2 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 59 minutes ago, nomates said: Good luck tomorrow Reefton , if it can match Monday's racing you'll have a cracker . @Reefton is probably out there preparing a special strip of the track for a specific horse in the last. Probably talking the craic with the Jockey at this very moment! Was always odds on that a local would win the last 😉 on the Coast! 2 Quote
Reefton Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Thanks everyone for your good wishes. it has been extremely hot up there and we had to pour plenty of water on especially given the trotters raced on what I think was a track bordering on slow which means they hammered a strip about two metres out(and we did not want that area - or any other area - baking hard). There was a strip of carpet on the fence but the affects of the heat are obvious there too now. As CS said Reefton is a different world when the summer arrives. The course looks superb and it is basically fingers crossed for a crowd that will show Bernard and Co that we are worth persevering with 3 2 1 Quote
Doomed Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, Reefton said: The course looks superb and it is basically fingers crossed for a crowd that will show Bernard and Co that we are worth persevering with I'm not sure that a big crowd will have much impact on Bernie. I think the Coast's best hope is if the Provincial Growth Fund suddenly discovers they have $15 million left unspent and they decide to spend it on an AWT for the Coast. And Cindy might organise some English DJs for the opening day. Quote
Reefton Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Doomed said: I'm not sure that a big crowd will have much impact on Bernie. I think the Coast's best hope is if the Provincial Growth Fund suddenly discovers they have $15 million left unspent and they decide to spend it on an AWT for the Coast. And Cindy might organise some English DJs for the opening day. Worth a try! Might be the only entertainers we can get to the races given they seem to have the inside running on MIQ spots! Forget Doctors and Nurses lets get a bunch of DJ's in. What exactly is it that makes a DJ worth bringing from England anyway? Not like the bloke is a great singer or something - all they do is create a racket! Edited January 4, 2022 by Reefton 3 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Reefton said: What exactly is it that makes a DJ worth bringing from England anyway? Not like the bloke is a great singer or something - all they do is create a racket! 1 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Geez @Reefton have you got a deal going with the TAB or are the Bookies scared? Only race suspended in FO Betting this morning. Quote
Shad Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 First meeting I've missed for some years, the vaccine pass enough to keep me away, will be watching on and hope they have great day, hopefully this plandemic be over soon, and some normality can return. 1 Quote
mikeynz Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Obviously the vaccination process is working well worldwide, record numbers testing positive and in some cases some now looking at a fourth jab, if you keep jabbing people all the time then eventually it will be as effective as pissing on a forest fire, but the company's making the vaccines will be raking it in. Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Can we stick to the topic of REEFTON please?!!!!!! 1 Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Back to Reefton. Who determined the late start? Wouldn't it have been better to start an hour or more earlier - avoid the heat and not clash later in the day with a couple of Ozzie meetings? Or does slotting in later with those OZ meetings attract more Ozzie punters? Quote
Doomed Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said: Back to Reefton. Who determined the late start? Wouldn't it have been better to start an hour or more earlier - avoid the heat and not clash later in the day with a couple of Ozzie meetings? Or does slotting in later with those OZ meetings attract more Ozzie punters? They probably wanted to be sure the cricket was well finished before they started. 1 Quote
Joe Bloggs Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Doomed said: They probably wanted to be sure the cricket was well finished before they started. They could have roped in a few Bangladeshi cricketers to ride the horses, or have they already done that. Quote
Shad Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 Any predictions on times, have had some super fast 2000m races up there in previous years. Quote
mikeynz Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Joe Bloggs said: They could have roped in a few Bangladeshi cricketers to ride the horses, or have they already done that. I noticed the TAB streamed the cricket, what sort of message does that throw out to the people who pay for spark,not sure though of if they stream all the aftermatch comments as my I pad don't seem to want to log in to tab site couldn't be bothered squinting into smart phone but usually the highlights show up on you tube eventually, not easy these days for tv company's competing with lots of alternative means of viewing. Back to the racing the fields this year have been good on the coast, the support it's getting from the trainers is top line, any reason why another day couldn't be added for say next Tuesday or something next year.? Quote
Huey Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 30 minutes ago, mikeynz said: Back to the racing the fields this year have been good on the coast, the support it's getting from the trainers is top line, any reason why another day couldn't be added for say next Tuesday or something next year.? Performing well will lose them a day, thats how NZTR operate. Well if youre not in the big 5 that is. Quote
Chief Stipe Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 A bit stiff @curious if @Pitman's horse hadn't pushed you out you might have got that extra nose! Quote
Joe Bloggs Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 Agree, Pam may digress, but being 3 deep on that turning circuit cost him more than a nose....IMO. Quote
Freda Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said: Agree, Pam may digress, but being 3 deep on that turning circuit cost him more than a nose....IMO. Yep. But I'm not going to criticise the winningest jockey NZ has ever seen. He sweated buckets on the truck, that in itself may have been enough to cost him a wee bit of lift. But not too many options if the front wasn't happening. Quite happy. Going well and trying hard. Good on the horse, he's had issues and looks very genuine now. 5 Quote
curious Posted January 5, 2022 Author Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said: Agree, Pam may digress, but being 3 deep on that turning circuit cost him more than a nose....IMO. Jmo JB but he relaxed beautifully. There was no pace and he had to go when he did. That's what good judges of pace do. There was nowhere else but 3 wide and he was a nostril short of good enough to do it that way. And the winning rider had to cop a charge of overuse of the stick to beat him even then. Top ride in my book. Edited January 5, 2022 by curious Quote
KickintheKods Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 No criticism of the ride from this armchair expert either, just unlucky to get one with a bigger hooter on the day (not dissimilar to the Chief's in fact, so you were always going to be at a disadvantage). Let's see what the local owner can do for us in a minute or two. 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.