romford off tonight

Crazy hot where I’m working
Good call

ROMFORD has called off Friday's open-race meeting due to a revised forecast which suggested extreme heat will last well into the evening.

Ian Smyth, director of stadia for Ladbrokes Coral, explained: "The forecast has gone up again overnight and, with the travelling involved, calling off is the right thing to do on welfare grounds."

Central Park had cancelled its Friday evening meeting the previous day, but other fixtures were set to go ahead with Crayford and Hove having swapped morning and afternoon fixtures in light of the forecast.

Smyth added: "The Hove and Monmore [afternoon] forecasts look okay. Crayford will need monitoring, but the change to a morning gives it a cooler start and we will assess if temperatures rise as the meeting draws to a close."

Umbrella welfare group Greyhound Forum has welcomed the GBGB's hot weather policy, which calls for racing to be called off if temperatures exceed 33C, but says it needs to be vigorously enforced.

Forum chairman Clarissa Baldwin said: "The [hot weather] policy was very much welcomed by the Forum recognising that thermoregulation and the factors that affect it are complex and multifactorial.

"Although the ambient temperature during which dogs race is an important consideration, the exposure is short in duration and there are many other factors which contribute to a dog's thermal load including transport to the track, pre-race kennelling, excitement and anticipation as well as race time, post-race management and post-race travel. These must also be appropriately managed to safeguard dog welfare.

"To fully safeguard dog welfare, however, the policy must not only include appropriately strong and evidence-based guidelines in all relevant areas, it must also be adequately and rigorously enforced, with swift action taken and proportionate sanctions to tackle those who fail to implement the policy.

"We have been in contact with the GBGB who have assured us that the policy is being applied and will be enforced."

Will all the horse racing be called off ? Fooking ell a bit of warm weather and cant race , how come they race dogs in Florida how do the yanks manage it ?

Mind you the state of the rack on Normal nights is bad enough ,bias wise.

What about Australia never mind the states Never heard the Like ,a pathetic effort ,as for transport do they not have air con in the Vans ?

No doubt JK and all the Mob will be sitting round wringing their hands about how safe it all is , Its pathetic is what it is .

Lame dogs Banging around Bags tracks , and they are worried about the weather

We had rain the other night causing problems at hove ,If they were not starting fooking meeting at 6 pm it would not be above 33 fooking degrees



Unbelievable

Case ffs
Hard enough seeing them girls loading up 35Kg dogs in normal conditions
Let alone 30+ Heat
I’m sure it’s aimed at kennel hands well being as well as the hounds
Not has hot tomorrow money saved for monmore than

But fats the whole shebang is being ruled by one Thing ,and its not the Interest of Greyhounds, Why are they racing at 6pm anyway ?

If its not one thing its another ,why not look at the Weather forecast a couple of days earlier  and start the Meeting later ?? How

Hard is that ?

It wont be 33 Degrees at 7.45 will it ? If there is no Aircon in the Vans or Track kennels  they are not fit for purpose , Plenty of  air con

in the GBGB bank of england offices ,that hundreds of thousands have been wasted on over  the past few years  .. Comical the Lot of it.

it probably wouldn't matter what time they started anyway the track surface is shyte at the best of times .

Went to the City and don 40 years Never heard of a meeting being called off because it was too hot ,But then if you start a meeting at 7.30 it wont
be will it ..

Did 7.30 start I’m sure they could got meet done 10.40

33 + derby final night at that time case last year

Well its too hot ,the main problem would be the track surface ,as stated is Poor/Biased  at the best of times ,Who knows mate but blaming everything else bar what the actual problem is, does not help .The sport is in a shambolic state has been for years ,they are on about getting people to tracks starting racing at 6 pm does not help ,its not a night out , people going for a meal do not go to restaurants at 6 pm imvho .If ur going out with the Mrs for an evening wtf goes out at 5 oclock in the evening to get somewhere ? its Stupid ,but as it stands its that it or nothing .

Its very sad to see tracks going by the wayside , but more will follow

Bow lux

Romford being off
Not you case
Fecking rushed back from the beach
Counts

Only thing I remember stopping a meeting was fog.

Track would have been unraceable Sparrow every weeks there is a Bias after putting 20 ton of water on it fook knows what would have been going on

Blaming everything else instead .

Not catch ARC calling meetings off,Newcastle on this afternoon, Nottingham on tonight. Read into that, what you will.

Soft southern nancy greyhounds SGE ?

Decent card at Monmore tonight makes a refreshing change.

theres a 714 at crayford this morning sparrow...12.09...

nobody surely wants to see a greyhound collapse through heat exhaustion......feck me how desperate for a bet are some of you.......

Never had a bet winja but that favourite Glenbeg Val needs looking at after that performance.

i thought she broke down at the third sparrow....looked like a hock or something to me.....

pity they don't have the same welfare concerns around the fireworks

winja.....I tried looking back but couldn't see her although she just seemed to gradually drop back but maybe I just missed something.

Winj , Nothing to do with Desperate  Betting 

Excuse was problems travelling ETC

All vans should have AC if not why not ?

If the meeting started at 7.45 would be no problems with heat But of course its

down to contracts that we have these silly start times

I think the main reason it was called off was the Track is biased  at the best of times

Just my opinion, and racing may have been dangerous .At a decent track In  any normal circumstances every one knew it was going top be very hot, a late

start would have been announced 2 days before , but its not about actual greyhound racing

anymore its all about contracts ,and quickly glossing over any real Issues .

This 6 pm caper has destroyed the sport regarding entertainment ,People going for a Night out do not expect to be back on the street at 9.15 and having to leave at 5 pm to get to the track
its not happening .

Sport is being bled dry .

It was not that long ago people were leaving tracks in the early hours of the Morning .

How many people are in these betting shops between 6 and 9 , No one imo ,theres enough bags

racing , and surely 90 % of betting on dogs is online anyway .

raced sat and it's 33 and sunny today but they still racing double standards me thinks

"Sport is being bled dry "

Its no longer a sport case.
Its a competitive product for the bookies.
These shenaniggans are an opiate for the real problem.

Dogs running injured.
Dogs running three times in ten days
If they cant handle it hey get outted by the kennel.

Sport ? .....fecking disgrace

Agree 100 per cent irish.

4 months off returned to the same old Shyte SIS etc and the Books running the show nothing has changed or Will  ,The clock is ticking

A year to year Product at best ,Until the powers pull the Plug , or there is no one buying dogs anymore

What temp is it down there today ? Doesn't seem to any welfare issues Involved ? The old cannon fodder being fired round

only 33 and sunny but don't worry the ogs can go under the gazebo