Starts

rob faux
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Starts

8 years 8 months ago

It really is time that the NHA looked into the starts in SA.
It is really annoying to be relying on horses that are perfectly behaved and whose chances are adversely affected by badly schooled or fractious horses.
It also is the cause of false starts (including handlers having to settle problem horses)and that causes endless controversy ,too!
Also,the number of horses requiring re-shoeing at the start is becoming ridiculous - we see more horses losing shoes in a meeting than we see in other centres, in a year!
Our racing is shown in major racing countries .........I wonder what they think?

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Bob Brogan
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Re: Starts

8 years 8 months ago

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smaller yards seem to do better, maybe they have more hands on ?

Tarry etc will need them to come to him ready to jump

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8 years 8 months ago

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Why does no one use the New Zealand type stalls? i.e. those without the 'canopy', alleviating injury to jock or horse, when the animal rears?

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rob faux
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8 years 8 months ago

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PC wrote: Why does no one use the New Zealand type stalls? i.e. those without the 'canopy', alleviating injury to jock or horse, when the animal rears?

Often wondered that .........surely less intimidating to a horse ,and cheaper too ,I would think !

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8 years 8 months ago

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Part of our problem is that our stalls in Gauteng and Kimberley are very old. Horses play up more in their 2nd and 3rd starts. The metal on metal sound of the gates opening is right at the horse's head. ...hence the reluctance to stand or tendency to rear. New stalls have been ordered from Aus. On their way.
The problem with NZ stalls is that they take very long to transport from one location to the next, because they don't have the overhead support. These have to be bolted on before moving them and then removed again. Also, steel pins have to be knocked into the ground at each start. I know this because I also love the NZ stalls and enquired about them a few years back...

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Re: Starts

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louisg wrote: Part of our problem is that our stalls in Gauteng and Kimberley are very old. Horses play up more in their 2nd and 3rd starts. The metal on metal sound of the gates opening is right at the horse's head. ...hence the reluctance to stand or tendency to rear. New stalls have been ordered from Aus. On their way.
The problem with NZ stalls is that they take very long to transport from one location to the next, because they don't have the overhead support. These have to be bolted on before moving them and then removed again. Also, steel pins have to be knocked into the ground at each start. I know this because I also love the NZ stalls and enquired about them a few years back...

thats right, i worked as a stall handler in NZ.

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