Track was DIABOLICAL -MDK

When Mike De Kock says a track is in a terrible state who are we to argue with him? Below is a link and snippet of an article that appears on his website .


mikedekockracing.com/wp/index.php/2014/0...-was-diabolical-mdk/

Mike commented: “Espumanti fought Anthony Delpech for 1000m off a very slow pace and this didn’t exactly help her. But she also pulled up lame after the race. The condition of the track was diabolical. Espumanti is lame all over. We’ll have to evaluate her future.”


Muzi Yeni (Alboran Sea, red cap) and Anthony Delpech (Pine Princess, far side), look across at Weichong Marwing, who raced up with a powerful run on Bilateral to win the Gr1 Golden Slipper.

While Mike was excited about the results yielded by his other contenders on the big day, he was troubled by the state of the turf at Greyville, saying: “Most of our horses are sore after this meeting, they’re very lame. In all my years in racing I haven’t ever had so many runners return so lame after a race day. It was a shock, I’ve seen some of mine lame before, but not to this degree.

too many issues in the Gold Circle world...

Is the only option to close the turf track and renew it ?

and perhaps to admit they sold their best track....

I would take legal action if one of mine was injured.

Hard to believe that they could not get the track in good condition for one of our biggest events on the racing calender.Where too from here :evil:

It's is very sad when such a great day is marred by the state of the track
HOPEFULLY THE POWERS THAT BE DO SOMETHING POSITIVE TO FIX IT

Chepstow in the UK closed down for the year , if needs must?

Very sad state of affairs

to be honest I enjoyed the Poly races more that those on the Turf -