Brown Fox 867 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 Just been told they have been postponed till Sunday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailedoff 38 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 seeing no information on this anywhere....how reliable is your information? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puha 2,177 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 Interesting the meeting is all done n dusted in 3.5 hrs It’s going to be important in the future to get the race and horse numbers up at these holiday meetings as we risk losing a captive audience. We're Doomed 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Fox 867 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 49 minutes ago, Tailedoff said: seeing no information on this anywhere....how reliable is your information? Thames resident has just seen it in" Coromandel Grapevine" jack 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Fox 867 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 Still showing as Thursday on TAB And NZ Racing site Too much to drink from someone? We're Doomed 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailedoff 38 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Brown Fox said: Still showing as Thursday on TAB And NZ Racing site Too much to drink from someone? maybe it was a prediction....the weather looks dire Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,865 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 The thing that fascinates me about Thames is only two maiden races; one stayers maiden and one for 3yos over 1,200m. Tauranga and Whangarei vitually have maidens coming out their ears, horses balloted everywhere. Is Thames too precious to run maiden races or is there some other explanation? Do they only have stabling for about 60 horses so can't have more than seven races with small numbers in each? Seems really strange to me they won't want more fields and bigger fields to put on a bit of a show for the on course people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastwood Jaunty 148 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 I have heard trainers say in the past that they don't like racing maidens at Thames because the track is usually too hard. hizzy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy 52 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, Eastwood Jaunty said: I have heard trainers say in the past that they don't like racing maidens at Thames because the track is usually too hard. so true i know a few who won't go there for that reason 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,865 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 56 minutes ago, Eastwood Jaunty said: I have heard trainers say in the past that they don't like racing maidens at Thames because the track is usually too hard. Capacity field for the 3yo maiden. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 4,003 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 Surprised to note that the Thames Club seems to have forgotten that this meeting is the 150th Anniversary of Racing for their Club. Seven races only mmm! At the Centennial Meeting on 6/1/68 they ran 10 races. 152 horses started that day! Winners were Ming Rose- David Peake/Pat McIlroy. Amberlee- Greg Chitty/ Syd Sullivan. Outspan- Buzz Leggett/Jack Winder. Daiosma- John Riordan/ Des Riordan. Samurai- Roger Lang/ Dave O’Sullivan. Taxsonia- Bruce Compton/ George Cameron. Second Sight- Brian Andrews/ Dave O’Sullivan. E Timi- Ron Taylor/Norm Crawford. Kalgoorlie- Barry Long/Jim Hely. Yuma- Bruce Compton/Jim Gibbs. Not a bad collection of jockeys and trainers! Black Kirrama, ivanthegreat, Eastwood Jaunty and 4 others 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 4,003 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 Note that prior to 1868 Sports Racing was conducted at Tararu then Parawai. The Waikato Calvary Races were conducted at Parawai on 30/3/1880. The main race of the day was the Thames Cup Handicap of 10 Sovereigns. Three times around the course! 4 starters competed. Emu won by three lengths from Sweetbriar. Eclipse and Snowstorm were pulled up. elbow 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 isn't the Thames track prone to flooding in heavy rain from the river nearby when there are high tides? Belinda 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbtab 95 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 Rain just starting now ,with amount due races will not go ahead Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhei Notts 1,413 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 50 minutes ago, gubellini said: Note that prior to 1868 Sports Racing was conducted at Tararu then Parawai. The Waikato Calvary Races were conducted at Parawai on 30/3/1880. The main race of the day was the Thames Cup Handicap of 10 Sovereigns. Three times around the course! 4 starters competed. Emu won by three lengths from Sweetbriar. Eclipse and Snowstorm were pulled up. I imagine the Calvary races were held on Easter weekend. gubellini and elbow 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,099 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 2 hours ago, gubellini said: Note that prior to 1868 Sports Racing was conducted at Tararu then Parawai. The Waikato Calvary Races were conducted at Parawai on 30/3/1880. The main race of the day was the Thames Cup Handicap of 10 Sovereigns. Three times around the course! 4 starters competed. Emu won by three lengths from Sweetbriar. Eclipse and Snowstorm were pulled up. Years ago I bought a book at a second hand shop called (I think) Racing For Gold, a history of the Thames (Goldfields) racing club. Must get it out and re-read as I spent some of my formative years in the area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 4,003 Report post Posted January 2, 2018 Hi Blue. I have a copy of that book. Yes the title is Racing For Gold. Written by Johnny Williams. Published 1987. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Fox 867 Report post Posted January 3, 2018 So when will they make a decision? If they decide to go ahead tomorrow morning they had better be bloody sure they can go for the whole programme Phantom 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,865 Report post Posted January 3, 2018 Poor old CWJ, flew down to Omakau for today, flew back to Thames for tomorrow, then back to Omakau for Friday, then back to..... Brown Fox and Phantom 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,099 Report post Posted January 3, 2018 On 1/2/2018 at 8:09 PM, hesi said: Thames is a kikuyu grass track with no irrigation, currently a G3. Lot of rain due Thurs morning, be interesting to see how the track handles it and whether the meeting gets canned once the rain does come Having farmed with Kikuyu it's really not hard to control and I would have thought if the track is Kikuyu it should provide a good cushion if managed properly. In saying that Thames does have the reputation of being like concrete after a long dry spell. Light rain in Whangarei from about 5 this morning. Getting heavier now and the wind's getting up so if it's travelling south it could be curtains for Thames, sadly reducing it to just another potential housing development. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,363 Report post Posted January 3, 2018 Just noticed the TAB site has updated Thames to "Drizzling".... Track still a Good 3 so not a great receipe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed 250 Report post Posted January 3, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 7:11 AM, gubellini said: Note that prior to 1868 Sports Racing was conducted at Tararu then Parawai. The Waikato Calvary Races were conducted at Parawai on 30/3/1880. The main race of the day was the Thames Cup Handicap of 10 Sovereigns. Three times around the course! 4 starters competed. Emu won by three lengths from Sweetbriar. Eclipse and Snowstorm were pulled up. Interesting some of the activities that went on at race meetings in past eras gub Methven had their inaugural meeting on 1st January 1907 with a quirky line up of events. The day's card included trots, gallops and hurdle races as well as running races for married and single men with a two pound prize for winning, for boys with 5 shillings to the winner and for girls who could win a box of tea.....hmmmm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,841 Report post Posted January 3, 2018 That expected front has hit in Northland, has been pouring here for last hour or so. This is heading South- East so I would be very surprised if Coromandel is not getting it pretty soon if not there already... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 4,003 Report post Posted January 3, 2018 Hi Eclipsed. At the Waikato Cavalry Races At Thames on 30/3/80 the Races were preceded by a Rifle Shooting competition and several games of chance. One game of chance featured a canary which, for 2/6 , would pick the winner of each race by selecting a card from a pack, picking it up in its beak and presenting it to the lucky gambler. I imagine this took place in the birdcage! A cricket match was played in the centre of the track as well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom 494 Report post Posted January 4, 2018 If the TAB website is saying the weather is DRIZZLING you can bet it is actually RAINING And if the TAB website says the track is a GOOD3 you can bet it is actually a DEAD4 at best So the ACTUAL (real world) weather/track is: Weather: RAINING Track: DEAD4 And the betting as to whether the meeting today is completed or not I would say is about: YES: 2.00 NO: 1.75 with the No being the tab.co.nz market mover Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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