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Dad scratched before they abandoned , he walked the track this morning after the gallops and said once it’s wet it’s a disgrace. It’s not just a case of weather, the track just isn’t up to scratch to handle it. Where the new turf is around the bend 3 of the riders that galloped this morn reported their horses slipping which if they’re slipping in a track gallop just imagine under Raceday pressure! Some parts of the track there were big holes where the horses were going into the ground then other patches they were only bruising it, inconsistent footing. They also run the agrivator through before scratching time which should have been disclosed to trainers and wasn’t.

Trainers association does need to take a stand and ask some serious questions of the NZTR and the goverment but that will never happen without unity. Copied of a thread on FB

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Saturday's Marton meeting abandoned due to unsafe track

 

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The Marton meeting at Awapuni is the sixth thoroughbred meeting to be abandoned this year.
WARWICK SMITH/STUFF

The Marton meeting at Awapuni is the sixth thoroughbred meeting to be abandoned this year.

 

Saturday's Marton Jockey Club meeting at Awapuni has been abandoned due to the state of the track.

It becomes the sixth thoroughbred meeting to be abandoned in as many days in 2018.

The storm that lashed much of the North Island over the last 48 hours has seen between 40-50mm rainfall on the Awapuni track.

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In a statement, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) said it and the Marton Jockey Club will look at options to reschedule the meeting.

MORE TO COME

 

 

More to come - do they mean abandonments????????

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48 minutes ago, poundforpound said:

Mmmm....I remember the head of NZTR saying in an RIU hearing ( before the JCA ) that Awapuni DIDN’T currently, and never have had a problem with their track......

I wonder if Awapuni, Otaki and Trentham would even exist if horsemen ran Racing ?  ( Before you attack me Liz there’s a good half dozen up this way that shouldn’t be raced on either.)

Meantime the one track in the region that all experienced horsemen favour, the weather proof and incredibly safe Foxton, lies idle. It’s bizarre.

 

Just for interest P4P - was that comment made before or after the bend was "re-done" a few years back? 

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Well I wont be betting there.

After putting through the ground hog this morning, half the horses now wont let down properly, that's for sure.

It will be too shifty for them.

The results will be all over the place, you wait and see.

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From NZTR:

The meeting today could not proceed after the track received  more than 40 ml of rain  in the past 48 hours. The track had been inspected this morning by a Turf specialist and with good drying conditions today and tomorrow we are comfortable with racing on the track tomorrow - Sunday 7 January 

"Comfortable".  Interesting the club (or it's PR ppl?) are using this word.  Was an old favourite of John Key's - usually when commenting on something the masses were (rightly) freaking out about!  Good old John calmed the rising hysteria by assuring us all he was "comfortable".  Always amused me ...

My understanding is that the horses galloped this morning were far from "comfortable" around the bend.  

Anyway - perhaps it will be a case of "what a difference a day makes" ..... here's hoping. 

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2 minutes ago, poundforpound said:

Read the RIU v. Kevin William Morton.

This issue was central to the unsuccessful prosecution of Morton.

At the time certain RIU wouldn’t officiate at Awapuni under certain conditions and Morton went public about it, he was charged after NZTR took offence to him telling the truth, he proved NZTR and the Manawatu club had lied, and they commenced the ( failed ) rebuild soon after.

Thanks for the response P4P.

My observation of the world - of racing and beyond:  one word, from which so much flows:

INTEGRITY.

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3 hours ago, scooby3051 said:

What a farking joke we have become as a racing nation.... Mickey Mouse would do a better job running things than these unalduterated dick wits.

I see the racing board? has reduced salarys from 38 recipients of over $100,000 salary,down to 34 staff.So would you be worrying about the state of NZ Racing while paid $2,000 a week???

 

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36 minutes ago, Insider said:

Well I wont be betting there.

After putting through the ground hog this morning, half the horses now wont let down properly, that's for sure.

It will be too shifty for them.

The results will be all over the place, you wait and see.

According to the NZTR report it was a ground-breaker, not a ground hog. Two different pieces of equipment albeit with a similar purpose. That said, I'm not confident that NZTR would know and report the difference. I fail to see how either would make the track more shifty. Their long term use should have the opposite effect by relieving compaction and encouraging aeration and the development of a deeper more secure root system. So Insider, by all means don't bet there because the track is rooted, or perhaps not rooted, as the case may be, but don't worry about the machinery used on it the week before.

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4 minutes ago, jess said:

Thanks for the response P4P.

My observation of the world - of racing and beyond:  one word, from which so much flows:

INTEGRITY.

P4P is correct. The same person who gave evidence that there were no known issues with the Awapuni track at the KWM hearing, then orchestrated the provision of half the funding to RACE to reconstruct the top bend immediately afterwards. Ask yourself.

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Memo John Allen. If you are still on holiday get your backside into your office on Monday morning. Immediately call an emergency phone conference between key racing stakeholders. The only agenda item will be how to without delay plan for a Synthetic Track in the North and one in the CD. The time for prevarication is over. No cliches and platitudes. ACTION is needed now. Time to justify your salary. P.S. the Staff at my nearest TAB despite being screwed down to near the minimum wage know more about racing than you ever will!

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2 hours ago, We're Doomed said:

I know its a couple of hours away, but how come they can happily play international cricket in Wgtn and yet it is unsafe to hold a race meeting in PN. Surely they had similar weather?

It is an absolute insult to suggest Wellington and Palmerston North have similar weather conditions  Wellington has a breeze.

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On 1/6/2018 at 9:03 AM, von Smallhaussen said:

Marton may be gone (like a few others recently) - but I am sure Insider and co will be doing handstands as according to the Met service the Upper Hutt area has got over 60mm rain in the last couple of days. Natural irrigation all over their beloved Trentham for the upcoming carnival. Couldn't be better a week out!

Spot on von Smallhaussen, obviously you would have seen how fantasticly well the track played yesterday?

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2 hours ago, Insider said:

Spot on von Smallhaussen, obviously you would have seen how fantasticly well the track played yesterday?

straight from the horses mouth -"best track ridden on for some time! 

crowd did look a little disappointing though - maybe all saving up for next Saturday ;)

was a bit busy at times but didn't spot yellow Lizzy !

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