Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

Sylvester
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Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

4 years 10 months ago

Very few race meetings and crappy stakes but if u look at field sizes , trainers not to worried about racing for their owners.

total of 90 horses carded.

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Re: Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

4 years 10 months ago

#793838

Saturdays card at Turffies standside, small fields

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Re: Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

4 years 10 months ago

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Transvaal tracks like concrete at the moment.
If I were a horse, would have protested..........
Can’t wait for the green Transvaal tracks.

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4 years 10 months ago

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A few decades ago there used to be talk about Tvl/GP shutting down for a few weeks in August for scarifying, holidaying for most, a rest for the horses, and so on during very hard tracks.

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4 years 10 months ago

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Don’t they still have max field size rules?

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Re: Re:Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

4 years 10 months ago

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Hard ground not helping

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4 years 10 months ago

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Trainer just messaged saying

Terrible hard going and poor programming

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4 years 10 months ago

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Hard ground does contribute imo - so hopefully from Oct onwards we should see an increase in field size

Seeing that the Sales have been delayed (2yr Old Sale only in November I think), I wonder if the start of the Juvenile races will be delayed as well - if there is still money for Stakes by the start of next year ....

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Re: Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

4 years 10 months ago

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Winter Smoke was supposed to be another banker bet for Sat.
after its last win,jock said the best 2 year old around.
Hope the surface won't be detrimental.

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Sylvester
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Re: Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

4 years 10 months ago - 4 years 10 months ago

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track conditions must be terrible seeing that

MR FLOOD
GOLDEN BELLE
RIVARINE
RUNNING BRAVE

are running. Pity no top quality horses are willing to run on such a terrible track

100 excuses for a 100 owners. The trainers how to guide on keeping a sap on the line.

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Re: Owners must be miffed with Gauteng field sizes

4 years 10 months ago

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Sylvester wrote: track conditions must be terrible seeing that

MR FLOOD
GOLDEN BELLE
RIVARINE
RUNNING BRAVE

are running. Pity no top quality horses are willing to run on such a terrible track

100 excuses for a 100 owners. The trainers how to guide on keeping a sap on the line.

LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:

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