All Weather Track maintenance, race meeting preparation and going condition 全天候跑道保養，賽前準備及場地狀況

All Weather Track maintenance, race meeting preparation and going condition 全天候跑道保養，賽前準備及場地狀況

All Weather Track全天候跑道 • 1. Description 簡介 • 2. Race meeting Preparation 賽前準備 • 3. Racing Performance 賽事場地表現

Track Description跑道簡介 • American designed Dirt Track consisting of sand, silt, clay plus organics added (Bark Chips) 美國設計泥地跑道，成分包括沙粒、粉沙、黏土加上有機物質（松皮碎） • Designed by Soil & Plant Laboratory at California, USA 由美國加州的Soil & Plant Laboratory設計 • Installed by Track Master Company 由Track Master Company鋪設

Track name 跑道名稱 • All Weather refers to its ability to be used under all weathers 全天候指跑道可在各種天氣情況下使用 • It's dynamic and changes under different weather conditions 跑道狀況會隨著不同天氣情況而變化 • It's not an artificial surface like some football or soccer pitches 全天候跑道並非像足球場一樣的人造場地

Track Description跑道簡介 • Used in other locations (Racing & Training) 其他地方亦有使用（競賽及操練） -- Santa Anita, Delmar, Golden Gate,Santa Fe -- 聖雅尼塔、德爾馬、金門、聖菲 • Used in other locations (Training only ) 其他地方亦有使用（只供操練） -- Australia, New Zealand, South Africa -- 澳洲、紐西蘭、南非

2. Race meeting Preparation賽前準備 • Track prepared for both track work and race meetings have been identically prepared since 1998 except for the cone off policy which has been cancelled in Feb 2005 • 自一九九八年起，不論晨操或賽事舉行前，跑道的準備工作均完全相同，但以往於賽馬日早上圍封距內欄六米範圍的政策已於二○○五年二月取消

2. Race meeting Preparation賽前準備 Dry condition 天氣正常或乾燥 • Harrowing depth 7 / 8" 耙地八分之七吋深 • Watering maintain moisture content at a range of 15% - 20% 灑水以維持跑道的水分含量在百分之十五至二十之間 • Target is 18% 目標是百分之十八 • Organic content 5-6% 有機物含量在百分之五至六之間

2. Race meeting Preparation賽前準備 • Wet Condition 受天雨影響 • Floating (surface sealed) to provide surface run-off during rain 熨平（令跑道表面封密），讓雨水從表面流走

2. Typical maintenance procedures applicable to race and non-race days賽馬日及非賽馬日均適用的一般保養程序 • Harrowing 耙地 • Grading 推土 • Floating 熨平 • Reel packing 壓實 • Watering to attain 15 –20% range with 18% as the target 灑水以維持水分含量在百分之十五至二十之間，目標是百分之十八

Maintenance Team保養隊伍

Maintenance Team

保養隊伍

2. Maintenance procedures on Raceday after morning track work (dry weather condition) 賽馬日晨操後的保養程序（天氣乾燥） • Harrowing • 耙地 • Grading • 推土 • Compaction • 壓實 • Watering • 　灑水

2. Maintenance procedures on Raceday after morning track work (wet weather condition) 賽馬日晨操後的保養程序（受天雨影響） • Harrowing and / or Sealing the surface depending on weather • 耙地及／或將跑道面熨滑，視乎天氣情況而定

2. Typical maintenance procedure during race meeting賽事舉行期間例常保養程序 • Boom spray at high speed to keep kick back down, on a needed basis only 視乎需要而進行快速灑水，以減少馬匹踢起泥頭的機會

2. Harrowing between every dirt race to level divot under normal weather condition在正常的天氣情況下，於每場泥地賽事之間進行耙地，以掃平馬蹄印

2. Maintenance procedures in between races on Raceday (wet weather condition)賽馬日於每場賽事之間的保養程序（受天雨影響） • Sealing the track • 將跑道面熨滑

3. Review of going classification檢討場地分類Track Ratings and Conditions introduced since 1999/2000 Racing Season自1999-2000年度馬季推行的跑道狀況評估及場地掛牌

場地掛牌 跑道狀況濕快地曾受大雨影響，跑道面已熨平及較實. 快地曾受大雨影響，但天氣巳告轉晴，跑道面層耙開但，底層仍然很實。好地面層及底層並實，而表層亦耙開。慢地因天氣持續晴朗，跑道面層耙開而底層巳變得疏鬆。濕慢地天氣持續晴朗，但臨場則有微雨。由於雨量不多，只令跑道面層變得濕慢，但不足以令底層變得緊密 (表層可熨平或耕開)。

Wet fast Fast Good Slow Wet slow - After heavy rain and on a sealed track After heavy rain, the weather has cleared and harrowed (Track firm ) The surface and sub-surface are not firm and harrowed The sub-surface has become loose after a dry spell and harrowed Small amount of rain, only enough rain to make the surface muddy but not enough to tighten the sub-surface.(either harrowed or sealed)

3. Racing performance-Results賽事場地表現 – 結果

Front-Runner 前領型賽駒 Off-Pace-runner 居中賽駒 Closer 後上型賽駒 Total Winners 頭馬總數 50% 40% 10% 100% 3. Racing performance賽事場地表現

3. Racing performance賽事場地表現

3. Racing performance-Summary賽事場地表現–概覽

3. Racing performance賽事場地表現 • Requested comments from 2 people who professionally study racing form of the racing pattern for the previous 2 seasons 請兩位專業研究馬匹狀態的人士評論過去兩季的賽事趨勢及模式

3. Conclusion 結論 • It appears that most variations are pace related after examining races in 03 /04 and 04 /05 season 經研究○三至○四及○四至○五年度兩季的賽事後，看來大部分差異與步速有關 • Sealed track : on pace is an advantage 經熨滑的跑道面：居於前列競跑的馬匹較為佔優 • Harrowed track : variations are pace related 耙地後：差異與步速有關

4. Suggestions建議 • Going report from a USA track 美國馬場的場地報告 --change track classification to the America style ? --是否改為按照美國的場地分類？ • Change name of track from the All Weather Track to ? 改變「全天候跑道」的名稱？

4. Assistance to the Media為傳媒提供協助 • Daily published worksheet on track work? 每日公佈晨操資料？ • Published the daily clegg hammer reading? 每日公佈硬度計讀數？ • Provide sectionals on the trial morning preceding to the next race meeting? 提供於下一賽馬日之前舉行的試閘的分段時間？

Racing Footages賽事片段 • Mark Richards to review racing patterns on the All Weather Track using video footages 黎卓時以錄影片段分析全天候跑道賽事的趨勢及模式

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All Weather Track maintenance, race meeting preparation and going condition 全天候跑道保養，賽前準備及場地狀況