Wild weather leads to Twitter cyclone after Saturday cancellation

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AN interesting weekend of racing which should have been headlined by the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes, was instead hijacked by the cancellation of over half the card at the Melbourne venue of Caulfield.

Not only did it leave punters scrambling, but those watching Racing.com’s coverage were left empty handed given it was the only scheduled Victorian meeting for the day.

Hazardous weather conditions meant the horses and jockey’s safety was compromised and the meet was called off with five races remaining on the day.

Trainers and connections were mostly in support of the decision, and the Bletchingly will now be run in a week’s time at Sandown.

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While the key players were happy for the key fixture to be rescheduled, it is fair to say that social media was completely divided on the issue.

Let’s take a look at what the Twitterverse had to say.

Caulfield cancelled due Melbourne’s wild winds

To call the decision to call off Caulfield on Saturday divisive would be the understatement of the racing season.

A number of punters were incredulous as to why it was called off.

https://twitter.com/MarkSaunders26/status/891152318070009856

While others believed the final winner of the day Saint Valorem made the most of the helpful conditions.

The decision to call off the meeting was “not unanimous” but officials were satisified they made the right call.

The trainers, such as Mick Kent – who took in star sprinter Lankan Rupee into the feature – agreed the right call was made.

The punting public were mostly in disagreement.

One social media commentator described the call in an unfavourable way.

While others bemoaned the fact the decision to call off the meet was not made earlier in the day.

This Twitter user could have saved some cash in the process.

https://twitter.com/owenklepzig/status/891153746268270592

 

The cancellation threw punter’s plans into disarray, and many were left looking elsewhere following Caulfield’s premature ending.

While others moved on quickly to the other spectactor sports that continued on in spite of the horrible Melbourne conditions.

Others however, looked to the other race meets around the country.

Those who took on the quaddie at the Melbourne venue were hunting a new place to place their bets following the move.

One social media lamented the fact he only did the form at Caulfield and missed other meets around the country.

A lot of people complained that the world has gone “soft”.

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This photo shows just how dangerous the winds were in the Victorian capital.

We think it is easy to grandstand from the couch and question the reasoning behind the decision, but if jockeys and connections feel there is an additional risk of injury to both the riders and the horses then we see no other option.

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