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Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid

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Does anyone keep track of this kind of thing?

It seems to me that this summer has seen a lot more than its normal share of softer ground and wet weather.

In my own opinion, it doesn't help that far too many clerks of the course are too eager to water, presumably for fear that fast ground depletes fields but I'm more in favour of interfering with nature as little as possible, only watering where there maybe hasn't been rain for a while and none forecast.
 
Presumably you're talking mainly about flat racing, DO, in which case I agree with you.

For jumping I think it's better to take the sting out of the ground.
 
Grey said:
Presumably you're talking mainly about flat racing, DO, in which case I agree with you.

For jumping I think it's better to take the sting out of the ground.
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Pretty much, yes, but I still wouldn't want them to water over jumps as much as they do. I hate that they're creating artificially good-to-soft ground at Aintree, for example.
 
Desert Orchid said:
Does anyone keep track of this kind of thing?
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Yes. I'm on the BBC Weather site as much as the RP one these days. To me it isn't just this summer, it's been regular over the last few years, ever since Duke of Marmalade won the Juddmonte on the July course because York was called off.

I think proper summer is more May and June than July and August nowadays and I think going forward it behooves the sensible punter to bare this in mind with regard to AP bets. Goodwood in particular was a nightmare for me this year.
 
Euronymous said:
Yes. I'm on the BBC Weather site as much as the RP one these days. To me it isn't just this summer, it's been regular over the last few years, ever since Duke of Marmalade won the Juddmonte on the July course because York was called off.

I think proper summer is more May and June than July and August nowadays and I think going forward it behooves the sensible punter to bare this in mind with regard to AP bets. Goodwood in particular was a nightmare for me this year.
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Likewise, Euro = and predicting the going is become more of a science than predicting results, lately. Convinced much of this is due to overwatering, and unadulterated courses (e.g. Bath) are much easier to predict, and have far fewer withdrawals for going changes, as a consequence.
 
Windsor one of the main culprits of over watering

Hopefully one positive of the wet late summer, especially if continuing in to Sept, is NH trainers getting then strings going a bit earlier
 
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