Racehorse TALK

sorry brain fart, was replying to Lert.

J. Kehoe on Zeditave Plus which won the second at Toowoomba last Saturday night.  He was thrashing this thing from the 600 - no mention in the Steward's Report - what is doing there with the whip rule, or was it backhanders all the way?

Major problems for last night's meeting when a downpour arrived:

(from RQL)

GENERAL

Prior to the running of Race 4, the racecourse was inundated with a torrential electrical storm in which an extraordinary amount of rain fell in a very short period of time. During this storm, the track lighting failed for some minutes on 3 separate occasions. Due to this, the stewards ordered that all races be put back one race time slot. Following the rainfall, a number of senior riders and stewards inspected the course proper, particularly at a section of some concern between the 1000m and 1100m. Upon inspection, it was found significant surface water was present. A section of the track near the 400m to 350m was also of concern. It was decided by all jockeys in the presence of members of the Committee that every attempt be made to continue with the meeting and it was decided that the appropriate machinery be utilised to try to recover the 2 sections of track near the 1000m and the 400m. As a result of this delay, all races were further put back one race time slot. After this attempt at track rectification, the jockeys were then satisfied that the section of track near the 1000m was suitable for racing. However, after 2 separate attempts at the track rectification near the 400m, the surface water was still present and significant enough for them to have concerns with the safety of that section of the track. After receiving this advice, the jockeys inspecting the track were of the opinion it was unsafe to continue and therefore the remaining riders at the meeting accepted this advice and unanimously agreed that it was not reasonable to continue with the meeting. Therefore, stewards decided, in the presence of the Committee of the Club, that the remaining races on the program be postponed.  

Was looking up results of Twba races last night & was wondering what happened to Twba being abandoned.
I nearly dropped off my chair when their was such a detailed explaination.
Whoever wrote that needs to be congratulated.   
This far exceeds the normal response. Well done to whoever you are!       

torrential electrical storm

other than that all good

G, Toowoomba is bad at the moment. Thick fog the last few weeks. Tonight you could only see the horses 2 seconds at start, 2 seconds at finish. How does one go about analysing the horses with that vision
I am a diehard Toowoomba fan, but dont have a clue about the times run or how to explain the regular 10 length winning margins

Know of some country races many years ago when the fog or rain was so thick jock would jump off his horse in the run and double up on another horse for a couple of furlongs then hop back on his mount and canter away for an easy win. Shhhhh don't tell anyone about this.

What a shambles it was last night (and Friday night at Caloundra). 

These Cushion tracks are the godsend of racing - as we'll be told.

Tote holds would not have paid the electricity costs.

Was exciting stuff hearing Pat O'Shea and our UK visitor in Sky's studio describing FOG. 

One forumite has snuck in a runner at Toowoomba today without a murmer.  This bloke is renowned for finding a good horse from Victoria.  I recommend an investment on R4 # 14 Pliers.  Munce to ride.

Would be nice to get a risk assessment on that bet from the source.

In R5 there are some nice odds to be got about #4 Port Raider.  I was with connections last time this ran on a very heavy track and the run was OK and they were smiling.  They havn't mucked around and went for the big $15k prizemoney today....expect something.  #8 Snipzu is the obvious danger.

Would that be the Baker, Ascot?

Might be.