curious Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Good morning, The Tauherenikau track was inspected this morning at around 10am by the RIB and Club representatives. The track had received approximately 50mm of rain through to Sunday morning with more significant rain to come during Sunday. There is currently some surface water on the track and inconsistencies with the surface. In the interests of safety the decision has been made to not run this race-meeting tomorrow. Further information will follow. Allan Pollitt Bureau Team Leader New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, curious said: Bureau Team Leader Is the team leader working on a reprogramming plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, curious said: Good morning, The Tauherenikau track was inspected this morning at around 10am by the RIB and Club representatives. The track had received approximately 50mm of rain through to Sunday morning with more significant rain to come during Sunday. There is currently some surface water on the track and inconsistencies with the surface. In the interests of safety the decision has been made to not run this race-meeting tomorrow. Further information will follow. Allan Pollitt Bureau Team Leader New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing CD racing is a shambles, there is issues with the tracks at Trentham, Otaki, Palmy, New Plymouth, Wanganui isn't far behind especially in the winter, that leaves us with Hawera and Hastings with Woodville stuck somewhere in between. Horse numbers and trainers are on the decline, things can't go on the way they are, but they will, because they change nothing. Everything resting on the new A/W at Palmy now, yeehaa !!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 minute ago, nomates said: that leaves us with Hawera Hawera is stuffed at the moment. Harness abandoned there today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Why doesnt the TB's just not pull stumps and be done with it. Save everybody wasting time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, curious said: Good morning, The Tauherenikau track was inspected this morning at around 10am by the RIB and Club representatives. The track had received approximately 50mm of rain through to Sunday morning with more significant rain to come during Sunday. There is currently some surface water on the track and inconsistencies with the surface. In the interests of safety the decision has been made to not run this race-meeting tomorrow. Further information will follow. Allan Pollitt Bureau Team Leader New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing The announcement heading says the meeting has been Postponed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, nomates said: Everything resting on the new A/W at Palmy now, yeehaa !!!! Have they started building it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Tough on the Southerners at Tauherenikau. $250 each I suppose. I bet Mr Pitman is pleased he didn't go there. At least the owners didn't spend a fortune getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Update from NZTR. No Tauherenikau this week - investigating a replacement meeting..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 25 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: Have they started building it yet? When I rang them last year they said they expected to have the contract finalised in September with construction underway in January. Haven't seen or heard a dickey bird since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickintheKods Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Meanwhile, there has been a confirmed sighting of Bridget Grylls and Madam Sass this morning. This photo was taken in the back straight of the New Plymouth racecourse just after 11.00am. NZTR have tweeted they have a meeting arranged for midday to formulate arrangements to investigate the possibility of launching lifeboats at 4.00pm, subject to confirmation of their planning committee and the signing off of these by the appropriate management personnel, and subject to their availability due to the holiday weekend. They will keep us informed as they deem suitable, when they can and if they can find a phone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 TAB NZ has announced a raft of new Fixed Odds Betting Options to counter the loss of racing opportunities. Generous odds are being offered with the TAB reducing their book percentage from 172% to a generous 168%. Option 78345 Days to next Race Meeting Abandonment. Current odds range from - less than 7 days $1.05 to 25-35 days $101. Option 87433 How many races run before Abandonment. More to follow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Ahh, bliss, Bernies salary is safe for at least another week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Just went to look at r1 at Tauranga on TAB and saying refund , so appears as if they are gone as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Just gone up on nztr site , gonnneee . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Yet again they make the decision when a lot of participants are already there or on their way . Perhaps the stipes have to be on course for a certain amount of time to claim a full days pay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimbu Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 All of these lost meetings will put the PR mob in Petone into bullshit overdrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Kenny Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 This my 2nd cancellation in four Northern trips over the last three years. Very frustrating, very expensive and really is not good enough. We have very accurate weather forecasts nowadays. Contingency plans and watering plans should be put in place to ensure this doesn't happen. Never saw meetings cancelled in the 70's on these same tracks. I don't remember any more falls than we have now, in fact I would be sure there were less ... why? Wrong grasses, not deeply rooted enough? Jockeys riding too short? Too much or not enough watering? I don't know, just throwing ideas out there ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Kenny Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 It did seem much better when we had farmers and horsemen maintaining the tracks - not a uni degree in sight 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mustang Kenny said: It did seem much better when we had farmers and horsemen maintaining the tracks - not a uni degree in sight That was more than 30 years ago. The problem has been no investment in renovating and resting the tracks periodically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 41 minutes ago, Chimbu said: All of these lost meetings will put the PR mob in Petone into bullshit overdrive It is going to be interesting to see what they come up with. If they are smart, huh big ask, the 2yo , 3yo from yesterday and the breeders stakes from Wairarapa should be programmed for Awapuni on Friday , these 3 races attract horses which in all likeliness won't affect the quality of field's coming up , certainly not taking a big name at least . Plus I think a lot of the northern horses would still come . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 45 minutes ago, nomates said: It is going to be interesting to see what they come up with. If they are smart, huh big ask, the 2yo , 3yo from yesterday and the breeders stakes from Wairarapa should be programmed for Awapuni on Friday , these 3 races attract horses which in all likeliness won't affect the quality of field's coming up , certainly not taking a big name at least . Plus I think a lot of the northern horses would still come . They have xfered the meeting to Hastings on Thursday . Was the Tauhrenikau track so bad that it couldn't be held Thursday . We keep hammering the same tracks , just a matter of time till they fall over as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, nomates said: They have xfered the meeting to Hastings on Thursday . Was the Tauhrenikau track so bad that it couldn't be held Thursday . We keep hammering the same tracks , just a matter of time till they fall over as well. They specifically said that Tauherenikau wouldn't be able to be used this week, hence no prospect of a postponement. At least they have added a new meeting at Hastings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Mustang Kenny said: This my 2nd cancellation in four Northern trips over the last three years. Very frustrating, very expensive and really is not good enough. We have very accurate weather forecasts nowadays. Contingency plans and watering plans should be put in place to ensure this doesn't happen. Never saw meetings cancelled in the 70's on these same tracks. I don't remember any more falls than we have now, in fact I would be sure there were less ... why? Wrong grasses, not deeply rooted enough? Jockeys riding too short? Too much or not enough watering? I don't know, just throwing ideas out there ... Great post MK, I can go back to 67, and you're spot on, we rode as tight back then, we had large fields too, but riding two notches lower helped, it helped a lot, and we didn't have horse breakers back then either, we, we were the breakers, the apprentices.......and we learnt to stay on......the tracks had great soles of grass, and we had just as many race meetings, I rode at Fielding on the Sat and again on the holiday Mon, and that happened a lot......good old days, with the emphasis on 'good'.......just saying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, nomates said: Yet again they make the decision when a lot of participants are already there or on their way . Perhaps the stipes have to be on course for a certain amount of time to claim a full days pay. Exactly , whilst I applaud them for making the Wairap. decision early enough to save persons in the industry travel , trouble of going etc. why is the extra meeting being put on that really gives CD owners/trainers a race day on the other side of the North Island? (i.e. New Pymouth was abandoned first, yes I realise Awapuni on Friday but it was always on) . BS Venue Plan is certainly working wonders for the NZ racing industry, if they (NZTR) really had a clue they'd know this sort of stuff happens regularly in NZ and thus the industry needs every track it can get , especially the provincial volunteer ones. Also if the stakes races from New Plymouth are to be run somewhere else, what happens to the Prizemoney for the other 5 races that were on offer at that meeting est. $150k? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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