Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

11 years 6 months ago
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Craig, if the course is flooded, then I'm sorry but the track manager needs to be fired. The local field where the kids play soccer is probably fit to race on at the moment, with this sun.

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Thor Wrote:
> The decision to abandon so early is the dumbest
> decision I have seen in my life, even for them. It
> has been the pattern, to have rain on some nights,
> and then boiling sun and humidity the next day. I
> understand they want plaudits for making a
> decision early, but really, was any @#$%& thought
> even put into the decision.


I don't always criticize GC................but boy, this decision made so early is fcuken all b@lls.
bunch of cakes.......cream buns, donuts etc

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Thor,I said the golf course is flooded. That is how much rain they had. It is normally a pretty good indicator at Greyville as to whether we will race. It is a very weak sun. Around 24 degrees at the moment and a cool breeze. Why would GC not race if they could?:S

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Craig Eudey Wrote:
> Thor,I said the golf course is flooded. That is
> how much rain they had. It is normally a pretty
> good indicator at Greyville as to whether we will
> race. It is a very weak sun. Around 24 degrees at
> the moment and a cool breeze. Why would GC not
> race if they could?:S


Craig only 24 deg. Pmb was burning earlier. now sitting at 21

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Regardless of the temperature, craig, I didn't realize we couldn't race on anything but rock hard going. And anyway, I didn't say they didn't want to race. I said they made the wrong decision and that's clear for everyone to see. It may very well bucket down tonight and justify their decision, but they could have left the decision for midday today to make, after seeing how the weather panned out.

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Thor, I did not see it but anyone who was near Dbn yesterday agreed that we could/would not race today. Besides the 2 I mentioned already, Mike Miller was down there yesterday and said exactly the same. There was not one complaint from any trainer this morning because we were not racing tonight, only because it was not moved to Tuesday or another day. Whether we could race was not an issue.

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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I wonder how the rain managed to do this?? truth of the matter is that this is a fucking disgrace...
Give everything but up!

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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taken yesterday afternoon
Give everything but up!

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Titch Wrote:
> taken yesterday afternoon


So even with no rain how would that have been ok?

The mind boggels Titch

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Surely if golf course is so wet they close the course yet they playing and it looks like a beautiful day in durban hot and very windy

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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

11 years 6 months ago
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Royal Durban says no water on the course at all....
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Re: Re: Greyville Friday 22/11/13

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Titch, that is not on the running surface, That could be filled in and covered wit a rubber mat in 15 mins to let the horses onto and off the course. Royal Durban must go and tell Mike, James and MJ they are liars then. If they could have raced they would have. No one has told me yet why GC would want to cancel if they could have raced?

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