New Posts For Thread: Irish Racing in the Dark Ageshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-agesYou have to wonder when Fontwell Pk have their entire course covered so as to give their Boxing Day meeting the best chance of beating the elements, just why there is no such forward thinking in Ireland? I would say the prospect of Leop losing 4 daysI concur soapp.Tuesday has to be in big danger,thaw is slow so far.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479375565#479375565I concur soapp.Tuesday has to be in big danger,thaw is slow so far.Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:55:29 -0600It has been 4 degrees all day in my neck of the woods which is about 2 miles away.There must be still 6 inches of snow about. We need the rain for Tuesday to be a runner imo.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479363957#479363957It has been 4 degrees all day in my neck of the woods which is about 2 miles away.There must be still 6 inches of snow about. We need the rain for Tuesday to be a runner imo.Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:00:22 -0600Looks like maybe Leopardstown and co got it right . Despite the cross channel efforts to ensure racing , effort fruitless . Sometimes you just have to accept what is handed to you .That is not to say you become complacent , but the weather recentlyhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479360941#479360941Looks like maybe Leopardstown and co got it right . Despite the cross channel efforts to ensure racing , effort fruitless . Sometimes you just have to accept what is handed to you .That is not to say you become complacent , but the weather recentlySun, 26 Dec 2010 11:22:58 -0600Difference is different weather robo, the south of England has a different climate than Ireland. Trust me i knows this stuff.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479256985#479256985Difference is different weather robo, the south of England has a different climate than Ireland. Trust me i knows this stuff.Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:22:04 -0600Time for J.P and co to dip their hands in their pockets. After all, they have robbed the punters for years, give something back etc etchttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479245441#479245441Time for J.P and co to dip their hands in their pockets. After all, they have robbed the punters for years, give something back etc etcFri, 24 Dec 2010 14:44:41 -0600Well Newbury had no problem covering their track and that's a wider expanse than Leopardstown.Newbury has a meeting for next Wednesday and it's a certainty to be on,the same day leopardstown are due to race and it's likely to be off,that's the differhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479243321#479243321Well Newbury had no problem covering their track and that's a wider expanse than Leopardstown.Newbury has a meeting for next Wednesday and it's a certainty to be on,the same day leopardstown are due to race and it's likely to be off,that's the differFri, 24 Dec 2010 14:16:03 -0600Holy god cover 1.6 miles of track with covers ffs, correct me if i am wrong but covers are used to prevent frost from getting into the ground not snow falling from the sky !!!https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479231713#479231713Holy god cover 1.6 miles of track with covers ffs, correct me if i am wrong but covers are used to prevent frost from getting into the ground not snow falling from the sky !!!Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:37:18 -0600There's never an easy solution to unnatural weather playing havoc with sporting and particularly racing fixtures.Kempton Park have taken every possible precaution and still it's big odds on that their showpiece meeting is going to fall by the waysidehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479134929#479134929There's never an easy solution to unnatural weather playing havoc with sporting and particularly racing fixtures.Kempton Park have taken every possible precaution and still it's big odds on that their showpiece meeting is going to fall by the waysideThu, 23 Dec 2010 12:16:44 -0600The frost covers deployed at Fontwell was to try and save a fairly modest days racing; it is surprising then that a similar effort is not made to try and save such an important fixture as Leopardstown.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479049177#479049177The frost covers deployed at Fontwell was to try and save a fairly modest days racing; it is surprising then that a similar effort is not made to try and save such an important fixture as Leopardstown.Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:42:37 -0600Most are missing Hemingway's point imo. HRI have squandered money internaly and externally for years. Monies spent on development of Mallow were indeed wisely invested. The ROI is astounding, even Warren Buffet would be impressed. I use an accoutancyhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26501233/irish-racing-in-the-dark-ages?post_id=479038201#479038201Most are missing Hemingway's point imo. HRI have squandered money internaly and externally for years. Monies spent on development of Mallow were indeed wisely invested. The ROI is astounding, even Warren Buffet would be impressed. I use an accoutancyWed, 22 Dec 2010 14:14:32 -0600