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I don’t think a turf track is part of the final product ardross. However, the centre of the track will be turfed over and used as an equestrian ring. The whole area will be landscaped to fit in ‘quietly’ with it’s surrounding area. It will be a lovely place if reports are to be believed.<br>I know they have had problems with ECC regarding compensation for the loss of land to the A131 bypass, I didn’t think it had taken this long to sort out :o <br>There will be in-house training facilities and stabling for 120 horses. I can imagine stud farms springing up in the area in the future, as a result, turning Chelmsford and Braintree into ‘racing towns’ like Newmarket.<br>Yes, Newmarket is 45mins away via the new A120 and the M25 is no more than 30mins the other way.<br>Never has there been a better time to live in central Essex :)<br>I think that GL will have to happen, regardless of the compensation hitch. Too much has been invested in it.<br>It may just be a year or so late.
Quote: from threenaps on 12:25 pm on July 26, 2006[br]There is a plan for a turf track.<br>Also I think they are trying to get a casino.<br>
… but maybe i’m wrong :blush:
HJ,
Wonder who your colleague spoke to. I’m sure that if they’d called Tim Jones at Great Leighs (former promoter of Dubai International Carnival) he’d have been more on the ball.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s … 248952.stm
What a surprise … NOT! ;)
Presumably they could not not find enough Albanian speaking supervisors to get it finished in time?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysAs has been remarked upon on ATR today, the kickback at our newest course is reaching Southwellesque proportions and it looks to take some getting. Does anyone know if Lingfield or Wolves were like this early on or is there something fundamentally different about GL?
Kickback was certainly an issue at both Southwell and Lingfield early on. Should know about Wolves, but cant remember.
Craig
It’s a different surface, isn’t it, carvills?
Southwell is still fibresand ( recently renewed), whereas Great leighs is polyrack, I believe.
Kickback from polytrack is nothing like that from fibresand; it’s more like haydust and cobwebs against a full-on rendering with sand that we had with the old surfacing.
I’ve never seen GL, so maybe there is a respiratory health issue there?
I did know it was a different surface Sean! It just looks a lot like fibresand on the TV at present.
Is there an August virus on TRF? Of course it’s polytrack, all I’m saying is that the kickback on TV resembles fibresand- let this thread die before I slit my wrists!
Here’s hoping! Whatever the shortcomings of the fixtures and fittings, it was too good a racing circuit and surface to let go to rot.
Incidentally, I presume that’s not the same Terry Chambers who used to be the drummer in XTC. Then again, I expect to get the course back into a raceworthy state, he’ll have his senses working overtime. Arf arf.
gc
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Here’s hoping! Whatever the shortcomings of the fixtures and fittings, it was too good a racing circuit and surface to let go to rot.
Incidentally, I presume that’s not the same Terry Chambers who used to be the drummer in XTC. Then again, I expect to get the course back into a raceworthy state, he’ll have his senses working overtime. Arf arf.
gc
Apparently, the only trainer they’re getting involved in this is a certain Mr. Hawke.
At a recent press conference, the racecourse confirmed ‘We’re only making plans for Nigel’.
Coat on, door open.
Darren – AngloGerman
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