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GreyHound racing thread.
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luckyeddie
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The hare
HeathDavisSpeed
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Who cares about the Dishlickers unless you're on a night out with your mates.
And even then, not much since they closed down Hutt Park Raceway.
And even then, not much since they closed down Hutt Park Raceway.
HeathDavisSpeed
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I was led to understood that it was called a greyhound skirt as the hem was "chasing the hair". The guy who told me that was from Tunbridge (not Tonbridge Wells), so I guess its a bit more nationwide in England then...is known as a "greyhound skirt". As in "an inch or two from the hare".
Smudge
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It staggers me to think only one of the three racing codes has a presence in Wellington now. A ****-up of major proportions.
HeathDavisSpeed
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You're bloody right. Though, I have heard they are building a new indoor sports centre on Hutt Park Raceway.
It is a disgrace that the Wellington Greyhounds now run from Hattrick. I shudder to think where the nearest Thieves on Wheels track is.
Perm
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Ah, the English. So filthy, yet classy.Round my way this sort of thing:
is known as a "greyhound skirt". As in "an inch or two from the hare".
Smudge
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The closest specialist track would be Manawatu - there's a meeting there today actually (Wairarapa HRC), but they ran the grass track harness on Foxton a couple of weekends ago, while Tauheranikau had a couple of mobile paces on their holiday card last month.
Graham "Steel Balls" Bruton was looking to get a couple of meetings on the grass at Trentham, but that idea appears to have faded in the last couple of years.
HeathDavisSpeed
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My calendar suggests the Manawatu Trotting Cup is on today, with another Manawatu meeting on Thursday.
I had no idea they'd contemplate running the Trots from Foxton or Tauherenikau. Can't see the point, frankly. If they can't run 'em at a decent profit in Wellington, tacking them onto a Gallops meeting somewhere else is a bit of a cop out.
I had heard the old Wellington GRC was still looking for somewhere in Wellington for a dog track; though I can't see that happening when the racing industry as a whole is looking to cut dead tracks (e.g. Levin a few years back)
I had no idea they'd contemplate running the Trots from Foxton or Tauherenikau. Can't see the point, frankly. If they can't run 'em at a decent profit in Wellington, tacking them onto a Gallops meeting somewhere else is a bit of a cop out.
I had heard the old Wellington GRC was still looking for somewhere in Wellington for a dog track; though I can't see that happening when the racing industry as a whole is looking to cut dead tracks (e.g. Levin a few years back)
Smudge
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Yeah, it's the Wairarapa club holding a meeting there - the calendar would have been hastily put together as it was only at the start of this season that the NZTAB and HRNZ started to put on Tuesday harness meetings in agreement with a request for the Aussie TABs, as it gives them something to punt on earlier in the day.
As you say, there is another meeting on Thursday - that's a meeting under the auspices of the Manawatu club .
I'd suggest the bigger problem with trying to run the trots at Trentham is the attitude of the thoroughbred racing fraternity. After all, Trentham is the "Champagne Turf" (even when the idiotic track manager overwaters it before the Cup meeting) and they couldn't have the wobblies go around.
Grass track racing is quite popular - often produces big dividends as horses who are unsound often enjoy the soft, less jarring grass surfaces. The meeting at Foxton (Kapiti Coast HRC) was trots-only - it was originally supposed to be at Otaki as per usual, but the gallops club there came up with some rubbish excuse. The track at Motukarara (Banks Peninsula) is grass, and gets used a lot more for trots than gallops, likewise with Methven.
Central Districts harness isn't particularly strong anyway, but that Wairarapa example was just a way to fit a couple into the programme.
On the other hand, Avondale had a dual-code meeting last week, with 10 harness races and six gallops and produced a very good Waitangi Day crowd - the advantage there was that races were only 20 minutes apart, and people love quick fixes nowadays.
I, too, have heard the Wellington GRC was on the lookout, but I don't hold out much hope for them getting up and going with a track in the next couple of years.
As you say, there is another meeting on Thursday - that's a meeting under the auspices of the Manawatu club .
I'd suggest the bigger problem with trying to run the trots at Trentham is the attitude of the thoroughbred racing fraternity. After all, Trentham is the "Champagne Turf" (even when the idiotic track manager overwaters it before the Cup meeting) and they couldn't have the wobblies go around.
Grass track racing is quite popular - often produces big dividends as horses who are unsound often enjoy the soft, less jarring grass surfaces. The meeting at Foxton (Kapiti Coast HRC) was trots-only - it was originally supposed to be at Otaki as per usual, but the gallops club there came up with some rubbish excuse. The track at Motukarara (Banks Peninsula) is grass, and gets used a lot more for trots than gallops, likewise with Methven.
Central Districts harness isn't particularly strong anyway, but that Wairarapa example was just a way to fit a couple into the programme.
On the other hand, Avondale had a dual-code meeting last week, with 10 harness races and six gallops and produced a very good Waitangi Day crowd - the advantage there was that races were only 20 minutes apart, and people love quick fixes nowadays.
I, too, have heard the Wellington GRC was on the lookout, but I don't hold out much hope for them getting up and going with a track in the next couple of years.
HeathDavisSpeed
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Are you on the Race Cafe, Voltman? That really seems to be the place to find out what's really going on in the industry, if you can sift through the piles of ****e that get posted there from time to time.
I don't post, but have a read fairly frequently to keep updated.
I don't post, but have a read fairly frequently to keep updated.
headhunter
International Vice-Captain
Used to be into GHR 2/3 years ago but seemed to have lost all interest in it.
bugssy
Cricketer Of The Year
yer i love the greyhounds, me and my mates used to bet at all meets on a thursday and sat night, the meadows etc. used to pick up the greyhound recorder and study it and usually come out pretty well ontop.............good ol mr brett lee was dynamite, remember when he broke the track record in adelaide, sensational.