Vaal Classic track Thursday

Bob Brogan
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9 years 3 months ago

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Looks fantastic

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Mac
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9 years 3 months ago

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I find it amazing that this was done so quickly in my definition.

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9 years 3 months ago

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Well done Phumelela, this track looks to be in fantastic condition.

Love the 1000m run in, gives every horse a chance of winning and not as draw biased as some of the narrow tracks in South Africa.

Some horses love a galloping track and this new laid turf looks in extremely good condition.

Sherman thinks it is a good strip so lets us see and return our comments after a couple of months.

Well done Lads!!

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9 years 3 months ago

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so which one is going inner or outa?

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Bob Brogan
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9 years 3 months ago

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keniza999 wrote: so which one is going inner or outa?

The new classic track will be the tightest track , low draws might be favoured like the sand track

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9 years 3 months ago

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Bob Brogan wrote:

keniza999 wrote: so which one is going inner or outa?

The new classic track will be the tightest track , low draws might be favoured like the sand track

thanks Bob but i meant which track are they gonna replace with the poly inner/outside track?

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Bob Brogan
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9 years 3 months ago

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Don't think they have plans for poly atm

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9 years 3 months ago

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When vaal shut down they said turf inside would become poly

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Mac
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9 years 3 months ago

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Solotrama wrote: When vaal shut down they said turf inside would become poly

They said that for Turffontein not the Vaal. When? Dunno.

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9 years 3 months ago

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Turf inside ie turffontein inside

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9 years 3 months ago

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“The best long-term solution is to replace the sand with turf and once the new turf track is proven as a racing surface, the way will then be open to replace the existing inside turf surface at Turffontein with a synthetic surface like Polytrack. Such a surface will solve winter going issues on the Highveld and lessen the pressure on the turf tracks and the number of race meetings lost to rain,” said Phumelela Racing Executive Patrick Davis recently.

Yet another pork pie to justify poor decisions?

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9 years 3 months ago

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Over the Air wrote: “The best long-term solution is to replace the sand with turf and once the new turf track is proven as a racing surface, the way will then be open to replace the existing inside turf surface at Turffontein with a synthetic surface like Polytrack. Such a surface will solve winter going issues on the Highveld and lessen the pressure on the turf tracks and the number of race meetings lost to rain,” said Phumelela Racing Executive Patrick Davis recently.

Yet another pork pie to justify poor decisions?

Hard to understand why a 5th turf track is necessary to justify an all weather track - with changing climate conditions ,all weather alternatives are more and more necessary as an option!!

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