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RodentRodent    7,445 posts
edited February 2023 West Australian Racing
With meetings being postponed due to heat (Geraldton has a forecast top of 37°C today), I thought I'd take a look at the conditions they used to race in. Time Frame wins the 3200m Perth Cup on 1/1/97. The max temp that day was 42°C according to this:

 Heed The Toll ran around on 25/1/97 after the Cup before backing up 2 days later to win the Australia Day Cup. He won the Perth Cup in 1998...tough.
 All on Firm2 tracks as well!
 He went over to Adelaide and won a couple of G3s before failing in the Adelaide Cup.
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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    https://www.facebook.com/theraceswa/videos/1327549294355635/
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  • meatpiemeatpie    595 posts
    Geraldton's forecast today is 39, Aus Bureau of Meteorology.
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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    meatpie said:

    Geraldton's forecast today is 39, Aus Bureau of Meteorology.

    I went on accuweather


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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    edited February 2023
    weather.com has max forecast 35°C. It will be interesting to see which forecast turns out to be most accurate.


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  • meatpiemeatpie    595 posts
    Yep there wide variance

    it 8am and it 32 but Geraldton does peak early in day.
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  • VoodooVoodoo    1,361 posts
    edited February 2023
    Irrelevant what went on years ago...society has changed and there are expectations. Like it or not the authorities have to adhere to all the animal welfare conditions. Just imagine the uproar if a horse collapses due to some sort of heat exhaustion on one of these hot days. The activists would have an absolute birthday, something the industry certainly doesn't need. And yes we do have to bow to some of the demands made.

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  • spinkingspinking    3,995 posts
    Exactly right Voodoo. you could also buy 10 beers in one go at the cup back in Time Frames day. Try and do that now

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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    I'm happy to see sensible reform but it must always be done on merit and never to appease activists.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    we are becoming..or maybe have already become a race of bloody spineless wooses.. X(

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  • meatpiemeatpie    595 posts
    It's 39 at 11am, be interesting to see when it maxes out and starts to drop.
    its 26 in Perth
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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    The BOM annihilated the other forecasters (from U.S.A).  =D>
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    BOM says it hit 40.1 at 11.30am then 40.5 at midday.
    down to 38.9 at 1pm
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    Latest Weather Observations Geraldton Airport (bom.gov.au)
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  • meatpiemeatpie    595 posts
    35 at 3pm
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  • shothrushothru    323 posts
    Voodoo said:

    Irrelevant what went on years ago...society has changed and there are expectations. Like it or not the authorities have to adhere to all the animal welfare conditions. Just imagine the uproar if a horse collapses due to some sort of heat exhaustion on one of these hot days. The activists would have an absolute birthday, something the industry certainly doesn't need. And yes we do have to bow to some of the demands made.

    correct
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  • hashhash    7,495 posts
    They just don’t make ‘em like they used to
    “Back in my day” they’d race in 40 degree heat and still have to pull the milk cart later that evening

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  • RodentRodent    7,445 posts
    Luxury (pronounced "look Cherie")
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  • tonytony    2,436 posts
    Tomorrow's Ascot meeting now postponed until Monday because of increased forecast temperatures.
    Belmont Sunday now to be held on Monday

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  • psychopsycho    870 posts
    Tomorrows forecast has now gone to 39C
    tony said:

    Tomorrow's Ascot meeting now postponed until Monday because of increased forecast temperatures.

    Belmont Sunday now to be held on Monday
    Ascot is on SUNDAY according to Racing WA site ?

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  • hashhash    7,495 posts
    Ascot Sunday
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  • tonytony    2,436 posts
    Apologies my typo it is Sunday for Ascot, Monday Belmont

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    I hope in all this animal welfare crap, they also  an track work and trials....Or dont the activists know that horses are trained every day????

    This year it is noticeable how the heat hangs around longer in the day and maximums are later..So it does mess up the races in particular.......AND........Still RWWA dont initiate the ability to run night/twilight meetigs.....

    Now i'm a GOB with a selective memory!!!!! haha

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  • spinkingspinking    3,995 posts
    They may have got this one wrong. It’s Midday I live 3 Buddy Franklin drop pints from Ascot and it’s very mild. Unless it going to get hot very soon
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  • Precision1Precision1    581 posts
    Revised max to 37 now, if it even gets to that it’ll be be around 3pm, could have started at 10am and been wrapped up well before then.

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  • ChrisChris    5,697 posts
    Tipped over 38 degrees so probably the right call
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  • psychopsycho    870 posts
    Chris said:

    Tipped over 38 degrees so probably the right call

    Definetely the right call, be like a sauna at the track if they were on

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  • Precision1Precision1    581 posts
    Chris said:

    Tipped over 38 degrees so probably the right call

    Yeah it did at 4.30pm.  

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  • psychopsycho    870 posts
    Precision1 said:

    Chris said:

    Tipped over 38 degrees so probably the right call

    Yeah it did at 4.30pm.  
    Noticed today at 10.11am it was 33.3 and at 10.20 it was 30.7 ? Not quite sure how it drops that quick but hope it remains low 30s for the day
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  • DesperadoDesperado    148 posts
    spinking said:

    They may have got this one wrong. It’s Midday I live 3 Buddy Franklin drop pints from Ascot and it’s very mild. Unless it going to get hot very soon

    Why not have the first race at 0900. Everyone would be home by lunch time.. 
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  • Precision1Precision1    581 posts
    Desperado said:

    spinking said:

    They may have got this one wrong. It’s Midday I live 3 Buddy Franklin drop pints from Ascot and it’s very mild. Unless it going to get hot very soon

    Why not have the first race at 0900. Everyone would be home by lunch time.. 
    be interesting to see if the turnover is higher when eastern states are racing at the same time and they are all engaged on the punt say around midday here or if it actually increases once they finish up and we are all that is left.   Pikey in the last is an Aus wide phenomenon so I expect I know the answer and why they didn’t want to bring it forward 
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