vaal sand Thursday -Emerald Cup -DISGRACE or FORM????????

Did Bethpage run,could have been the one behind the ambulance

Im zipping up and turning on The Ryder Cup,good luck guys and dont do your knackers,theres always tomorrow

JustinV Wrote:

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> funny how last week i had a go at the vaal sand
> and everyone told me how great it was..now a
> different tune


not EVERYONE......................lol

rob faux Wrote:

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> JustinV Wrote:
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> > funny how last week i had a go at the vaal sand
> > and everyone told me how great it was..now a
> > different tune
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> not EVERYONE......................lol


I agree with rob - price and form are not the same thing - but how one can relate that back to the sand track being 'bad', I have no idea - I still would like to see anyone that is complaining about the results on the sand being 'worse' (in terms of consistency) than other tracks, to provide the proof - until then I remain unconvinced.

At the risk of boring everyone, horses are not machines - and things do go wrong - on all surfaces in all provinces - throughout the world - even Camelot got beat :S

Frodo,my complaint with the Vaal Sand is that I believe that you could run 5 meetings with the same fields ,and without any change in horses form ,have a vastly different result in each race, caused only by the inconsistency of the surface...............add to that the natural inconsistency of horses and any predictability is dead.

If I go to a casino, weather will play no part,an event will take place every 2-3 minutes,I can choose my own 5 hour window that suits ,no inconsistent objections.............so why do I love racing...........cos I still want to believe the predictability of racing exists.......if that becomes a fallacy,racing will have lost one of its most long serving avid supporters ...........ME.

It is why I feel so strongly about the regulation............it should position itself to protect the one advantage racing has.

rob faux Wrote:

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> Frodo,my complaint with the Vaal Sand is that I
> believe that you could run 5 meetings with the
> same fields ,and without any change in horses form
> ,have a vastly different result in each race,
> caused only by the inconsistency of the
> surface...............add to that the natural
> inconsistency of horses and any predictability is
> dead.
>
> If I go to a casino, weather will play no part,an
> event will take place every 2-3 minutes,I can
> choose my own 5 hour window that suits ,no
> inconsistent objections.............so why do I
> love racing...........cos I still want to believe
> the predictability of racing exists.......if that
> becomes a fallacy,racing will have lost one of
> its most long serving avid supporters
> ...........ME.
>
> It is why I feel so strongly about the
> regulation............it should position itself to
> protect the one advantage racing has.

Now this is what i tried to say....the best explanation how i feel.....thank you rob

Excellent summary Rob (tu)

rob faux Wrote:

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> Frodo,my complaint with the Vaal Sand is that I
> believe that you could run 5 meetings with the
> same fields ,and without any change in horses form
> ,have a vastly different result in each race,
> caused only by the inconsistency of the
> surface...............add to that the natural
> inconsistency of horses and any predictability is
> dead.
>
> If I go to a casino, weather will play no part,an
> event will take place every 2-3 minutes,I can
> choose my own 5 hour window that suits ,no
> inconsistent objections.............so why do I
> love racing...........cos I still want to believe
> the predictability of racing exists.......if that
> becomes a fallacy,racing will have lost one of
> its most long serving avid supporters
> ...........ME.
>
> It is why I feel so strongly about the
> regulation............it should position itself to
> protect the one advantage racing has.


Point taken about the 'inconsistency of the surface', but then the answer should be to get the surface 'more consistent' - and not to do away with it - imo

Regarding casino's - not an expert, but imo one can't compare racing to casino's - yes we gamble at both, but isn't it a little bit like comparing rugby and cricket - both are played outdoors, but are vastly different games :S. But take the point that casino's are competing with racing for the 'gambling rand'