Is that the "Oxford dictionary" definition ??

Experts 😂...the blind leading the blind

Back in the spring I backed a Walker 2yo named Veomas at Caulfield - trial/jumpout form had been good but didn't fire that day. Havings its second start in the next at Pakenham.  Jumpouts have been ok.  Drawn the outside but has a top jockey (Jamie Melham) aboard.

I wouldn't count on that track being available for regular racing until a couple of years after they are forced to fix it properly in the spring. It's a complete stuff up and yes it looked to be primarily sand, yet they said they were going to add more to fix it: RACE will now commence renovation works immediately, involving coring, verti-draining, and adding additional sand to the surface — actions originally scheduled after May 17. Now they are saying it needs more organic matter???

I dont think it was on the surface it was dug up from underneath.

I saw it when it was first growing it was growing in almost sand only.

Nicely bred - She's A Dealer  

Exactly though perhaps the bigger question is why did they lay a surface mix with stones in it in the first place.

Surely the biggest question is why wasn't this attended to before any seeding as they knew the stones were there. The old story fix a problem then it doesn't come back to bite I

But it's not a sand-based track. It's a soil/silt-based track with sand in the profile.

Would be hard showing your face around people who know what happened . Am still in shock . We used to socialize together when we were both Juniors with other Drivers 

I see George Rooke has gone over to ride at Randwick on Saturday aboard the prmosing filly for James/Wellwod - She's  Dealer

It appears to me over the last few months he had lost his confidence, hie explanation to me at Te Rapa after a disapointing result was meaningless. He was given a fair go by Te Akau and then Marsh and received some valid criticism over recent rides. He has the skill without question but needs some mentoring and support. Lets hope he gets that at Wallers.

You are so right Scooby on one off my trips down to palmy I called in to see how progress was going on the Awapuni track , I could not believe how many  stones or rocks (call them what you want) were on the track I know that they had a working bee to pick up stones but there were so bloody many of them it would have been impossible to pick them all up.Farmers in the Marton area used to use a stone picker (a bit like a potato picker) Wether they tried to get one of those I don't know.There is a grass seed company in Palmerston North that specialises in grass seeds has been there for many years yet he was never approached for any advise.i agree if racing still had the likes of the Bill Freemans and the Jim Bulls these problems in racing would soon get sorted.

Do you know how long he will be over there for Ted?

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Oh fuck off , you with your smarts and common sense , these are not current requirements of our industry .

Hope he does well Ted, gifted rider and light weight hope he can break in over there.

Yes. Left yesterday.  Will be based in Sydney and riding for Chris Waller.    

Here is some really worrying points from this BS story in my opinion reading it. 1 Why has 8 months been wasted, the work agreed now was always the work needed to be done...so 8 months wasted. 2 Did they get input from the locals there, trainers, caretakers etc??? Surely they must have been consulted from day one...right??? 3 Awapuni now not to be rushed back huh you only think of this now...FFS why on earth it was not left until the spring god only knows.they had been without it for over a year already what difference would two or three months have made??? 4 So these so called "experts" are the same ones who now found rocks in Awapuni and cocked up Ellerslie for 12 months, who I bet are not cheap and dont fly down the back of the bus!!! How did the rocks just mysteriously appear??? And why are rocks so close to the surface they can be pulled up??? 5 This organic matter thats seems so necessary now, why in the hell was it not added in from the beginning, and why is it now NZ racetracks are sand based, are we having turf races or beach races after all.Do we not have a single turf expert in NZ who knows how to grow decent turf in NZ conditions, did they even ask the opinion of a single person with knowledge of this in NZ??. 6 So clubs spend a fortune on redoing the tracks then have to spend another fortune on expensive remedial machines that have to be used weekly to stop the flash new expensive sand tracks covered with some sort  of green grass to stop them compacting and becoming unsafe. I guess they must be employing the wrong type of experts. I am sure Bill Freeman and the great caretakers who were at Awapuni in the past are pulling their hair out wherever they maybe. This press release is just more corporate spin aimed at shutting down the criticism that is well warranted in my opinion, but all they do again with this release is word it to cover their own arses when it all turns to custard.