Turny 1,224 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, scooby3051 said: They seemed to win from all over the place saturday and the best horses seemed to win most of the races so the track can't have been too shit?? who made ground from the turn 5 lengths off the leader? Nothing that I saw - first 3 on the turn dominated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruff 2,790 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 1 hour ago, turny said: Te Rapa is a shithole - awful leader bias - terrible mid track - terrible food and average facilities - close the shithole down Barry you getting thisif Chris Johnson rates it I’m sure he’ll change his tune Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turny 1,224 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Gruff said: Barry you getting this He won't Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb 2,064 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 1 hour ago, turny said: Mate The Rapa us poor & terrible track - leaders bias - just very average - go to Matamata - they have much better faculties and when the big track goes in - Te Rapa is gone, thank God Not sure why Te Rapa would be gone if what you are saying is correct (which I doubt).. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb 2,064 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 1 hour ago, turny said: who made ground from the turn 5 lengths off the leader? Nothing that I saw - first 3 on the turn dominated Symptomatic of racing worldwide Turny, 80% of winners are in the first 4 turning for home. However as Scooby alluded too above they came from everywhere on Saturday. Races 2,3,4,7 &9 came from further back to win. scooby3051 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloke 1,232 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 10 hours ago, barryb said: In case you failed to spot it, was fucking pissing down most of the day. Hamilton people are intelligent and don’t go to events to sit in the rain. If AC / DC were playing they would be there chelseacol 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Option 63 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 1 hour ago, bloke said: If AC / DC were playing they would be there Yeah they could have a Ford/Holden drifting event on the inside of the course and the crowds would be ten fold bloke 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnipOrange 148 Report post Posted February 12, 2018 12 hours ago, turny said: who made ground from the turn 5 lengths off the leader? Nothing that I saw - first 3 on the turn dominated Howbowdat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wood 1,576 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 Nice lounges at TeRapa now Turny, track played fair and they were winning from anywhere. shaneMcAlister and barryb 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gofta 36 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 Sounds like Turny just had a bad day on the punt. Te Rapa lounges about the best in the country now and most other tracks would have been underwater, not soft/slow. barryb 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 19 hours ago, barryb said: Not sure why Te Rapa would be gone if what you are saying is correct (which I doubt).. Te Rapa sitting on Prime land worth $200 Million+ ....is one good reason to shut it down. A state of the art all weather track with new facilities in Cambridge or Matamata could use a bit of a cash injection.WAIKATO RACING INC Waikato RC Matamata RC Cambridge JC Waipa RC Racing Te Aroha ADM 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 37 minutes ago, poundforpound said: Help me understand why Te Rapa would fall on their sword and cash up for the industry ? They’ve got a perfectly good club with a better than average track, and they owe Matamata and Cambridge nothing the way I see it. We can't stay stuck in a Heavy 11 forever. We need to move forward for the betterment of the industry. Im a bit of a traditionalist so its hard for me to suggest this... but its the way forward by sharing costs. I'd sell Te Rapa immediately and eventually Waipa & Te Aroha. Two training facilities Cambridge & Matamata with one state of the art racetrack with modern bars, accommodation, restaurants, etc etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 Here's my Stage 2 Suggestion.... AUCKLAND RACING INC Auckland RC Avondale JC Counties RC Pakuranga Hunt Dargaville R.C Whangarei R.C Thames JC I'd sell Avondale immediately and in time Thames JC & Whangarei R.C.... the sea will get it eventually anyway and probably sell Dargaville too. Two training facilities Counties & Byerley Park with one state of the art racetrack Ellerslie NOTE: On second thoughts we could keep Counties as a B Class racetrack for weekday racing for horses rated 75 and below and one in the Waikato as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
army 156 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 40 minutes ago, Baz (NZ) said: We can't stay stuck in a Heavy 11 forever. We need to move forward for the betterment of the industry. Im a bit of a traditionalist so its hard for me to suggest this... but its the way forward by sharing costs. I'd sell Te Rapa immediately and eventually Waipa & Te Aroha. Two training facilities Cambridge & Matamata with one state of the art racetrack with modern bars, accommodation, restaurants, etc etc. I dont agree. Te Rapa serves a purpose that the track can normally handle rain with the sand. Cambridge is a training track and that is it really you have no grandstands or anything and it is a tight turning track.so to consider keeping that and converting it to an all weather would cost a lot more. Matmata I think is ideal for the all weather. As for closing Waipa and Te Aroha well Waipa struggle to run a meeting as most are in the winter months and it does get very wet or if it a dry year gets very hard. For Te Aroha i may be biased as my father was involved in the late 60s and early 70s. I am also now on the committee. It serves a purpose as it does take a lot of the jumps meetings that no one else wants. If you come to our breeders day you would see the huge crowd we draw not so much when we had to transfer to Te Rapa. A lot of our industry days we can take 50 to 60000 on course because we have groups like Donogheys Baileys and Ecolab who fill the Battle Heights lounge up with 200 to 300 so therefor NZTR are getting good money from us over the totes. . Even some of the Sunday Jumps meeting take more than an average industry day meeting. What we need on course in people and punters to contribute to industry and I feel Te Aroha do that. We encourage people to come to our race meetings even though we are unfortunate not to have more than one Saturday. As i said yes I am biased because my my families long association with Te Aroha but one a nice day it is a lovely course with the great view of the mountain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 2 hours ago, army said: I dont agree. Te Rapa serves a purpose that the track can normally handle rain with the sand. Cambridge is a training track and that is it really you have no grandstands or anything and it is a tight turning track.so to consider keeping that and converting it to an all weather would cost a lot more. Matmata I think is ideal for the all weather. As for closing Waipa and Te Aroha well Waipa struggle to run a meeting as most are in the winter months and it does get very wet or if it a dry year gets very hard. For Te Aroha i may be biased as my father was involved in the late 60s and early 70s. I am also now on the committee. It serves a purpose as it does take a lot of the jumps meetings that no one else wants. If you come to our breeders day you would see the huge crowd we draw not so much when we had to transfer to Te Rapa. A lot of our industry days we can take 50 to 60000 on course because we have groups like Donogheys Baileys and Ecolab who fill the Battle Heights lounge up with 200 to 300 so therefor NZTR are getting good money from us over the totes. . Even some of the Sunday Jumps meeting take more than an average industry day meeting. What we need on course in people and punters to contribute to industry and I feel Te Aroha do that. We encourage people to come to our race meetings even though we are unfortunate not to have more than one Saturday. As i said yes I am biased because my my families long association with Te Aroha but one a nice day it is a lovely course with the great view of the mountain. Agree with you and have been to many Te Aroha meetings over the years. A great progressive club and committee. It would sadden me if that day had to come in the future but all clubs are going to defend themselves to death. Hard decisions need to be made. A new track in Cambridge or Matamata would need to be redesigned from the ground up. Remember we're not closing down clubs only some tracks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Looking 44 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 I remember reading recently a study by someone on the injuries on the Te Rapa track and I note today Dijon Bleu and Kawi are now both added to those stats how much is is the track playing in this ? Or coincidence Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puha 2,177 Report post Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Just Looking said: I remember reading recently a study by someone on the injuries on the Te Rapa track and I note today Dijon Bleu and Kawi are now both added to those stats how much is is the track playing in this ? Or coincidence Seems to be happening to frequently on this track to be pure coincidence . I lost a promising galloper with a fetlock injury at Te Rapa also . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted November 25, 2018 Just had a read of this about this Te Rapa thread from earlier this year. Any comments as to how it rates now??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...