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The punting is getting cheaper . 

The Waverley races for today have been abandoned after considerable rain on the track early this morning after a long period of wet weather. More rain is predicted today and there may be visibility issues for riders given the nature of the track . 

 

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31 minutes ago, chevy86 said:

The day is surely drawing nearer for under-funded, often mis-managed Racing in this  pluvial nation to go into recess for 2-3 months during winter?

Seems like it already is pretty much in recess.

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Its had to cover other meetings recently so the chickens coming home to roost...no Awapuni for months has lead to this...sorry state of affairs the way the tracks have not been maintained over the past decade and this is where we are now at...and you wait and see they won't try to reprogram it as its more savings for them makes the bottom line look better.Until there is a massive shake up nothing will change....the weather is just a smoke screen and a added bonus for them...if Waverly had been only holding its allowed meetings this would not have happened.

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6 minutes ago, scooby3051 said:

Its had to cover other meetings recently so the chickens coming home to roost...no Awapuni for months has lead to this...sorry state of affairs the way the tracks have not been maintained over the past decade and this is where we are now at...and you wait and see they won't try to reprogram it as its more savings for them makes the bottom line look better.Until there is a massive shake up nothing will change....the weather is just a smoke screen and a added bonus for them...if Waverly had been only holding its allowed meetings this would not have happened.

Hard to say weather a smoke screen as Waverley always likes a race day but I suppose in  the age we live in now when a club has to have a crystal ball and they get a lot of rain in a short period how do they know whats going to happen when jockeys turn up and say visibility issues then who looks the mug then? I sure all critics would be out then to solve the problem but there wouldn't be no one here that can control the weather

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There has been NO rain in Waverly in the last 24 Hours apart from one a period for an  hour about at 4AM this morning. Currently dry there. Shock horror an hour of rain in winter - who would have thought it possible  ?? Visibiltry issues  - there is an eclipse on the track at midday or are you talking about the kick up of mud into the trailing jockeys  -  - fairly normal for this time of year I would have thought .  The lame excuses they come up with for what is the joke of NZ winter racing. Stick to the health and safety routine you probably get more traction

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1 hour ago, Crow said:

Hard to say weather a smoke screen as Waverley always likes a race day but I suppose in  the age we live in now when a club has to have a crystal ball and they get a lot of rain in a short period how do they know whats going to happen when jockeys turn up and say visibility issues then who looks the mug then? I sure all critics would be out then to solve the problem but there wouldn't be no one here that can control the weather

If they had not had to pick up other clubs meetings recently then probably this would have gone ahead...can only keep hammering tracks so much...shame they had a good track just up the road that is persona non grata these days...tracks can not just keep getting hammered this was always going to happen.

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2 hours ago, chevy86 said:

The day is surely drawing nearer for under-funded, often mis-managed Racing in this  pluvial nation to go into recess for 2-3 months during winter?

Agree. I have raced horses for many years and it has reached a cross road that there will be no racing in the winter. The reason poor track mantenance and facilties.

Poor governance and leadership from the n.z.r.b.

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I personally think we must develop tracks that can handle over 20 race meetings a year.  This requires investment (like ATR), hence why we need to figure out the tracks we are keeping for once and for all and invest in them so they can drain etc.

All these short term fixes are just plugging the dam, AND costing money.

 

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6 hours ago, shaneMcAlister said:

I personally think we must develop tracks that can handle over 20 race meetings a year.  This requires investment (like ATR), hence why we need to figure out the tracks we are keeping for once and for all and invest in them so they can drain etc.

All these short term fixes are just plugging the dam, AND costing money.

 

Great Post and fully agree 👍

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9 hours ago, scooby3051 said:

Its had to cover other meetings recently so the chickens coming home to roost...no Awapuni for months has lead to this...sorry state of affairs the way the tracks have not been maintained over the past decade and this is where we are now at...and you wait and see they won't try to reprogram it as its more savings for them makes the bottom line look better.Until there is a massive shake up nothing will change....the weather is just a smoke screen and a added bonus for them...if Waverly had been only holding its allowed meetings this would not have happened.

They have a Horse of the year, stablehand of the year - so why not introduce a 'dick of the year' ... it might force a few to 'up their game' 🙃

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