curious Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) Meeting News Tuesday Trials to Awapuni Due to rain, and not being able to complete the rail move at Foxton, the trials scheduled for Tuesday will now be held on the synthetic track at Awapuni. Track looks good and from the facebook post below, sounds like they got the rail moved during a working bee this morning. Hope someone told them not to bother. Working bee has been moving the running rail out 6m! Edited August 13, 2023 by curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 4 hours ago, curious said: Meeting News Tuesday Trials to Awapuni Due to rain, and not being able to complete the rail move at Foxton, the trials scheduled for Tuesday will now be held on the synthetic track at Awapuni. Track looks good and from the facebook post below, sounds like they got the rail moved during a working bee this morning. Hope someone told them not to bother. Working bee has been moving the running rail out 6m! Same old same old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: Same old same old. Agendas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 And a week later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 What a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Yep could graze a couple of hundred sheep on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 Probably not a total waste Freda. A very good trialling and training facility with grass training tracks available almost year round and the ploughs pretty much all weather. Might be better in that respect than Riccarton has become? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 30 minutes ago, curious said: Probably not a total waste Freda. A very good trialling and training facility with grass training tracks available almost year round and the ploughs pretty much all weather. Might be better in that respect than Riccarton has become? Beautiful training facility offering many options that are kind to horses. "Green" vs "Artificial". Now wouldn't that be a great story to promote the industry positively. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said: Beautiful training facility offering many options that are kind to horses. "Green" vs "Artificial". Now wouldn't that be a great story to promote the industry positively. Yes. And should be better funded for that purpose. Only subsidisation from the trial business keeps the training facilities available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 1 hour ago, curious said: Yes. And should be better funded for that purpose. Only subsidisation from the trial business keeps the training facilities available. Which is the point I was trying to make in another topic - if the AWT's can't attract trialists then they will have to be subsidised from elsewhere. Doesn't bode well for the likes of Awapuni nor Riccarton. So there will be more pressure to close down places like Foxton to justify the local AWT existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 8 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: Which is the point I was trying to make in another topic - if the AWT's can't attract trialists then they will have to be subsidised from elsewhere. Doesn't bode well for the likes of Awapuni nor Riccarton. So there will be more pressure to close down places like Foxton to justify the local AWT existence. I think if they are going to concentrate trials at the likes of Awapuni and Riccarton, which is fine with respect to proximity of the horse populations, then those tracks have to run 10 or 12 grass trial meetings a year whether that be on the course proper or a trial grass if they have one suitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 12 minutes ago, curious said: I think if they are going to concentrate trials at the likes of Awapuni and Riccarton, which is fine with respect to proximity of the horse populations, then those tracks have to run 10 or 12 grass trial meetings a year whether that be on the course proper or a trial grass if they have one suitable. Won't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, Freda said: Won't happen. They should also be funded to make sure grass training gallops are available most of the time. It is ridiculous that Awapuni trainers have to take their horses to Foxton for that or likewise Riccarton trainers to Rangiora. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 Foxton's racing club still alive and kicking https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/opinion/300936714/foxtons-racing-club-still-alive-and-kicking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, curious said: Foxton's racing club still alive and kicking https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/opinion/300936714/foxtons-racing-club-still-alive-and-kicking A bit wasted really. Edited August 28, 2023 by mikeynz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, mikeynz said: A bit wasted really. 200 horses booked to go round there tomorrow though, from New Plymouth to Hastings, including the likes of Pennyweka among a number of good ones. Connections speak. Edited August 28, 2023 by curious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, curious said: 200 horses booked to go round there tomorrow though, from New Plymouth to Hastings, including the likes of Pennyweka among a number of good ones. Connections speak. At least it is being used. Te Awamutu the same, gee even one race day a year at each venue would probably be better than another non event at some of the other courses. Omakau have 1 race day a year, harness but no horses trained there but as its races at right time it's a boomer, same 4 Kaikoura. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 Who would have thought? Meeting News Foxton to Trial 12 September Given the current run of weather the trials scheduled for Tuesday 12 September will now be held at Foxton. This decision may be revisited closer to the time if the weather significantly deteriorates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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