rdytdy 5,347 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 Gone!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,911 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 Meanwhile, the Sun continues to shine in the South.....roll on Riccarton...... Mainland Rookie 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,911 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 And you can probably write off Tauranga tomorrow if that rain continues up there..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb 2,071 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 Tauranga & Te Aroha will be lucky to go ahead also. I know here in Hamilton we are starting to get webbed feet with the amount of rain in the last 24 hrs. Todamax101 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff 2,158 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 When are you fossils going to wake up to an all weather ? Hello? How much is the lost revenue and lost owner/breeder/trainer/jock/punter opportunity costing the industry, drop one in, Te Rapa, or Muttamutta and one in Palmy and reap the rewards, small term pain, long term gain! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess 1,244 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 What chance the rescheduled Egmont meeting will fly on Monday? - think they still have some precipitation to come ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedley 1,900 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 the logistic remains that the industry has to schedule to run on the allweather track..'gambling' that the impending weather rules out the scheduling on an orthodox grass track location. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todamax101 533 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 Tauranga & Te Aroha will be lucky to go ahead also. I know here in Hamilton we are starting to get webbed feet with the amount of rain in the last 24 hrs. Sun out now but yes, it does tend to change at the drop of a hat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb 2,071 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 When are you fossils going to wake up to an all weather ? Hello? How much is the lost revenue and lost owner/breeder/trainer/jock/punter opportunity costing the industry, drop one in, Te Rapa, or Muttamutta and one in Palmy and reap the rewards, small term pain, long term gain! All will be good in a year or 3, or haven't you heard of climate change?. in 10 years it will be 25c in July and we will be at the races in shorts. the shue25 and biff 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 All will be good in a year or 3, or haven't you heard of climate change?. in 10 years it will be 25c in July and we will be at the races in shorts. in shorts! - that'll be because.. that is all those still involved can afford. biff 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_gee 417 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 i would say if you got a synthetic track you would kill wet track breeding which is basically most of our sires you just need to montain them not but in synthetic as one prob i know for the fact that melb/vic has is that wet track horses looking for starts can't and vic racing board couldnt give a rats backside 1 track a week for wet trackers you can imagine how many horses don't get a start Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_gee 417 Report post Posted August 7, 2015 tauranga is getting looked at by the stipes as well wait and see the outcome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
