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18 Jan 15
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Its hard to gauge how many people won't go to Leopardstown because of their ludicrous precautionary inspection.
The inspection was based on if the weather was to be really bad and we got terrible frost then we might not be able to race,that would apply to every winter date.
I watched the racing on television yesterday and this precautionary inspection notice kept flashing up,it was like a subliminal message.
I was never going but anyone that was travelling had to be put off.
Thurles had a precautionary nspection on Thursday last,there was snow on the track on the Wednesday but it was always going to thaw and was raceable.
The inspection was responsible for the smallest crowd be ever seem on the best days racing Thurles have had for years.
The inspection was based on if the weather was to be really bad and we got terrible frost then we might not be able to race,that would apply to every winter date.
I watched the racing on television yesterday and this precautionary inspection notice kept flashing up,it was like a subliminal message.
I was never going but anyone that was travelling had to be put off.
Thurles had a precautionary nspection on Thursday last,there was snow on the track on the Wednesday but it was always going to thaw and was raceable.
The inspection was responsible for the smallest crowd be ever seem on the best days racing Thurles have had for years.
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I live near enough to the track , and the roads were pretty bad earlier when I was out ,Leopardstown is very high up quite near the mountains tbf ..
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I wouldn't have thought it high up.
Why did they bombard us with this message on ATR,it seem to pop up every five minutes. Its a mild criticism of the stewards but a major criticism of the promotion of it,they approached it with zeal. Its as if they didnt want anyone to travel. |
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For people living in the west of the country, who might have to travel 3 or 4 hours, I think it's only right that they warn people that there is a doubt about it taking place. I went up to Dublin the day before the hennessey meeting a few years ago only for it to be called off due to heavy rain. Nothing they could do about that. But if the possibility that the meeting is going to be called off is known well in advance, it is only right that they let people know.
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Leopardstown sits at the foot of the Dublin Mountains , so yes it is high up...
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BY THE TIME YOU GET THE HORSES LOADED UP, it take a while to get going ffs.
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75 meters above sea level so not high up per se, but proximity to the mountains no doubt a factor in its climate and temperarture.
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THIS IS THE WAY TO GO imho  |
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No inspection at xmas & chase nearly called off all horses were up....huge outcry from trainers that der was
no inspection that day...forcast was wrong by 3 degrees on sun...if it was wrong by 3 degrees the colder way racing would of being off....thurles was very doubtfull...forcast wrong again rain did nt come. |
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Why would trainers want an inspection ?
If it was ten degrees lower could apply to any race meeting. Tocky Junior stick to your simplistic explaining of percentages and stop turning down scores. |