Abandoned meetings

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hgodden
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Is off
andyfuller
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I can't remember a year as bad as this before! A no sodding end in sight, wish this jet stream would piss right off!
hgodden
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I dont remember a summer like this either. Hopefully it will pick up a bit soon. When I was checking this morning most of the courses that will be used the next few days didnt seem to be inspecting, though thats probably changed by now :lol:

At least it's not as bad as a couple of winters ago when we had litterally NO racing for a month or so except for the odd AW meeting that survived!
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Euler
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In 2008 we went through a similar period, but not as bad as this. That only last a month and had flooding and so on. They had to abandon the Ebor meeting. This has now last over three months I think?!?
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Euler
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Hamilton is off on Friday BTW!
Boing
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Worse "summer" ever :(
andyfuller
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Leicester off this afternoon but still plenty of other racing on.

Saw these stats on Twitter just now:

In 2011 there were a total of 24 race meetings either abandoned on partially abandoned.

In 2012 to date there has been 88 abandonments!

The Levy isn't going to look pretty next year!

But still some way to go to beat 2010's 140 abandonments!

HBLB to the abandonment table: http://www.hblb.org.uk/document.php?id=28
Boing
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Interesting, still got the winter to go yet ;)
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PDC
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2 meetings lost this week and more may follow.

Tuesday - Sailsbury 3:30pm - 7:10pm - 8 races

Thursday - Epsom 2:00pm - 5:20pm - 7 races

Friday - Sailsbury - 4:35pm - 7:10pm - 6 races - potentially going to be cancelled

Due to Chafer Grub infestations (a new one on me):

https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/ ... ubs/345592
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Euler
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This can happen in the Autumn and a few meetings have been lost in previous years, though they can treat the course you would think.
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ShaunWhite
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PDC wrote:
Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:26 pm
Due to Chafer Grub infestations (a new one on me):
Those are a major problem where we are (East Mid), there must be about 6 people on our road who've got their lawns all dug over so as to leave them fallow for a couple of years to try and shift them. They're really hard to get rid of, gardeners beware.
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Derek27
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Not sure if it's the same issue but Chepstow suffered quite badly from turf infestations a few years ago and had to relay a large part of the turf. Must be a real nightmare for the Clerk of the Course.
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PDC
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Looking like an afternoon off next Wednesday as Taunton has been called off due to hard ground (will we ever get a sustained period of rain?) which leaves just 2 afternoon and 2 evening meetings.
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Derek27
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PDC wrote:
Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:03 pm
Looking like an afternoon off next Wednesday as Taunton has been called off due to hard ground (will we ever get a sustained period of rain?) which leaves just 2 afternoon and 2 evening meetings.
That's more than enough for me. :)
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PDC
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Dundalk has now been moved forward to a 2:45pm start, with Fakenham starting at 1:00pm and Nottingham at 1:10pm times are likely to be altered until Dundalk starts so I think I will still take the day off with such a busy week the following week with the Melbourne Cup week and Breeders Cup it is time to rest up as won't be much sleep that week!
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