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LADS TRYING GET FEW POINTERS ON HERE FOR SAT FLYING THURS BUT REALLY DONT WANT GO IF OFF AS CAN HOPEFULLY MAKE EITHER ASCOT OR CHELT WENT LAST YEAR TO THE ILL FATED MEETING AND DONT FANCY LISTENING TO HER INDOORS GIVING OUT BOUT GOING JUST FOR drinking SESSION . EVERY FORECAST IM SEEING IS MINUS 3 OR 4 POSS LOT SNOW AROUND LONDON FRI
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coc roger osgood has suggested he is quietly confident of racing,covers have been down since jan 31st ,however there is quite a bit of snow forcast for the oxford/banbury area thursday into friday if that was to drift 25miles or so south they could be in trouble.
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norn iron ascot next week will be an excellent card but regarding the weather we might well be in the same boat.
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NEWBURY - Jump (Updated:07/02/2012 at 16:27:09)
Going Good to Soft, Soft in Places(under the covers) Rails Rails have been moved in so that there is 6m of fresh ground on the inside. All hurdles are set up on fresh ground. Weather In the last 24hrs we have had 0.8mm of light drizzle. Forecast: Tuesday night hard frost. Wednesday: Cloudy, light frost overnight Max +1 min -2 Thursday: Broken cloud Max +2 min 0 Friday: Chance of precipitation spreading from the west with a mixture of snow & hail followed by rain. Max +2 min +1 Saturday: Cloudy max +3/+4 Other Fleece frost covers have been down protecting the course since 31/1/12 and will be lifted Saturday morning. Weather for Newbury Racecourse Today: Cloudy Cloudy Lo: -2°C Hi: 0°C Chance of precipitation: 5% Tomorrow Partly Cloudy Lo: -1°C Hi: 1°C Friday Snow Showers Lo: -2°C Hi: 1°C Saturday Cloudy Lo: 0°C Hi: 1°C Sunday Sprinkles Lo: -1°C Hi: 4°C |
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The question has to be what sort of temperatures can the covers withstand? I presume they cannot prevent frost getting into the ground once the temperature falls below a certain level. Anybody know what that level is?
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Steve Higgins very positive on twitter this morning;
"-5 last night and raceable nowunder covers +2 and due to get warmer only danger seems to be light snow fiday morning" Hope this helps, |
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somethimg seems to be comeing down the country by Saturday
If its snow  If its rain  |
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THANKS LADS MUCH APPRECIATED I SUPPOSE WEEKEND ON THE BEER MIGHT JUST BE WORTH A TRIP OVER
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Mmmmm, sprinkles
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Norn Iron + Newbury just doesn't go together
 stay at home and go Leopardstown instead  |
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PF
FIRST TIME GOT DRUNK DIDNT GET . 2ND TIME IFF FATED MEETING ARE YOU SUGGESTING THEY bar ME  IN FAIRNESS MY DRESS SENSE WOULDNT GAIN ENTRY @ASCOT . ITS VALENTINES WEEKEND AND MY DAUGHTERS BIRTHDAY HENCE IM GOING GET GRIEF  BUT PROMISED MEET THE BUS AND FEW OTHERS SO FeC IT THINK ILL FLY TAKE CHANCE M8 SAYS HE DRIVE LINGFIELD AS BACK UP  ASONG AS IM STILL SOBER SEE IRELAND PLAY FRANCE SAT NIGHT |
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enjoythink i might have to head Leopardstown to see Quel Esprit canter all over that overrated plodder Quito De La Roque  i could regreat saying that |
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QS STANDS UP HARD 2BEAT , BUT BOSTENS ANGEL NOW STABLE IN BETTER FORM MUST GO CLOSE . SYNCRONISED MUST SURELY BE THE HORSE TO BEAT ?
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Yeah all depends what you made of the Lexus Chase, my opinion was it was a bloody awful race. He beat a horse i think is overrated and a non stayer in Rubi Light, Joncol ran a shocker and the rest just ain't good enough. Then there are doubts about him turning up. Luckily i backed Quel Esprit well before the money came for him.
Bostons Angel is interesting and at the prices now i'd say the value, as you say Jessies horses are in much better form now. If i hadn't already gone with Quel Esprit and was playing the race now i'd probably back Bostons. Off out, gl today if you're playing anything  |
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I live 10 mins from course and until today I thought it would def be on but think it unlikely now. Hard frost last night and it's not going to be as warm as forcast earlier in the week - I hope it is on as it's a cracking day. Newbury often misses the snow when forecast, def more touch and go than the newbury exec are making out!
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I know the BBC weather is rarely accurate, but they reckon there's a fair bit more snow on its way for the end of the week. Fingers crossed it misses Newbury.
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Surely if it's off they will re-schedule for next week? I would hope they are tentatively already making plans. This would be too good of a card to let fall aside.
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could prob have raced today....wahoo....sounding optimistic (snow aside)
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clerk of the course on ruk now seemed very confident.
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Won't be rescheduled. Would clash with Ascot.
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Has just started snowing in Newbury!
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 lets back it to be off then |
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Saturday
Cloudy Lo: 0°C Hi: 1°C If this forecast is accurate the meeting cannot possibly be on. |
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The betting on this is incredible. 6/4 to be off. Bucket of snow Thurs night, frost, daytime temp on Sat of 0 deg.
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back it then walter.
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Certainly have but it's a bit weird to back something you really don't want to happen.
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Problem is Walter you're gambling on the Met Office
weather forecast being accurate which is bigger than a 6/4 chance on any given day... |
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walter,the snow is forecast to miss Newbury, and if the frost covers have done there job,( which they usually do at newbury)it wont freeze at 0 deg when finally exposed on saturday.Hence the 6/4.
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rocky ttotal
08 Feb 12 15:46 Joined: 30 Oct 03 it wont freeze at 0 deg when finally exposed on saturday. |
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Covers been down for over a week now. Richard Osgood was quite optimistic today. I'd go for a Saturday morning decision.
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clerk of the course comes across as almost confident even though he does not want it to appear that way incase it doesent go ahead. If it is racable today no reason why it wont be in a few days also factor in how big this is if it is borderline it will go ahead no doubht.
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Nicky Henderson upbeat on the going ahead of Newbury’s Saturday card:
'AP & I both walked round the track this morning and we’re happy. They’ve done a great job of covering and I don’t envy the job of uncovering! The course looks in great nick and to be fair you could race on the Flat track today, which is not covered, it’s that good and there is a nice strip of new ground on both the hurdle an...d chase courses. We’ve just got to pray the elements will be kind to us but you would say as of today that the going is good to soft all the way round and no worse. If anything and we do have the snow followed by the rain it will ease the going. We’ve been starved of racing this week and really looking forward to getting going again.' |
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audi1 - the only reason the COC is confident is so that racegoers won't make alternative arrangements for Saturday and give the racing a miss.
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anybody who has any interest in racing would not want to risk missing the meeting one thing he or the racecourse wont have to worry about if the meeting goes ahead and that is getting a crowd it will be overflowing with people. I think it will go ahead no doubht about it.
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harry 2.1
last year it was run on the friday before ascot so i see no reason why they wont do the same. |
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best coc in the country by a long way ,i would have 100 % trust in what he says.
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Good point Jim.
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they could have gone ahead today with racing and they had -4 or -5 last nite ..
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if you believe that lying no good gentlemen hendo theyve wasted a fortune putting the covers down could have put them down today,does anyone really believe the flat track was racable today,hendo future coc at haddock, nap
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the latest weather forcast looks a bit worse than had looked 24 hours ago,its going to be closer than we had all hoped.
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