Greyville Friday

If I owned one of the horses that is going to be eliminated from the 10th I would not be a happy camper.

they said in a press release they had the option to move the meeting to sundayso why not take up that option?

No idea, would have thought that would have been a better option.

shrek wrote: Got a great price on Secret Captain so now will get refunded and have to take the odds on.

And no guarantee that he will act on the Poly, so I just backed Crowd Pleaser instead :ohmy:

What happens to tote exotics before the change of surface as Races 8 and 9 are abandoned on the turf?

Frodo wrote:

shrek wrote: Got a great price on Secret Captain so now will get refunded and have to take the odds on.

And no guarantee that he will act on the Poly, so I just backed Crowd Pleaser instead :ohmy:

Would agree on Crowd Pleaser, loves the surface. Will be staying out of this race now.

RACE 10 POLY :woohoo: :woohoo: LITTLE CHAPEL :whistle:

I'm heart broken

it's no more

no words can describe how it feels

shrek wrote:

Frodo wrote:

shrek wrote: Got a great price on Secret Captain so now will get refunded and have to take the odds on.

And no guarantee that he will act on the Poly, so I just backed Crowd Pleaser instead :ohmy:

Would agree on Crowd Pleaser, loves the surface. Will be staying out of this race now.

ice ridge is also unbeaten on this surface

pirates wrote:

shrek wrote:

Frodo wrote:

shrek wrote: Got a great price on Secret Captain so now will get refunded and have to take the odds on.

And no guarantee that he will act on the Poly, so I just backed Crowd Pleaser instead :ohmy:

Would agree on Crowd Pleaser, loves the surface. Will be staying out of this race now.

ice ridge is also unbeaten on this surface

Yep, both proven on the poly but seriously out at the weight. Tough race IMO now.

Grey, 19 May - Pen reading 34 at the finishing post, the BW 1900 will be the only race run on Turf. Races 8,9 & 10 switched to Poly.

Following a track inspection at Greyville this morning, tonight’s Grade 2 Betting World 1900 is the only race that will be run on the turf. All other races have been switched to the Poly Track.

The inspection panel, comprising of, two Gold Circle racecourse managers, trainer Garth Puller, National Horse Racing Authority (NHA) chief stipendiary steward Shaun Parker, NHA vet Roehan Sutherland, and Gold Circle Racing Executive, Raf Sheik, decided that the track had not dried out sufficiently following last week’s down-pours that dumped over 200 mm of rain on the course.

The average penetrometer reading for the course was 29 but the area near the finishing post, that does not receive as much sunlight as the rest of the course because of the shadow cast by the grandstand, read 34.

Raf Sheik, Gold Circle’s Racing Executive, said that the decision was taken in the interests of safety and also to prevent irreparable damage to the turf surface that would affect the balance of Champions Season.