Live Stream Hampton Classic $300,000 4* Grand Prix 2 PM Sunday, August 5

Order of go:
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It’s on Hamptons TV too but what lousy coverage! And what happened to the footing in the main ring? It was grass on local day and now it’s dirt. I’m guessing damage from Hurricane Ida, which was brutal in this area.

Somewhat incredibly, they completely changed out the footing in that ring between Sunday afternoon and Thursday morning because the grass wasn’t holding up. I can’t even imagine the amount of effort and manpower involved in that change.

From what they said during the pregame coverage, it sounds like they are going to keep this footing in the ring going forward. Which is too bad, since it’s so rare now to find a grass ring. But I can understand the motivation, between the numbers and the weather they have there.

That is a shame about losing the grass but that show does attract a lot of rain so I guess it makes sense. But didn’t they upgrade the grass in that ring only a few years ago or am I thinking of another show? At least the hunter rings are still grass.

Yes, they did a big upgrade on the grass but apparently it didn’t take. Sad face. :frowning:

I looked on their website and they redid the grass ring for the 2019 show, at a cost of $1 million! And they only got one year’s use out of that, what a waste of money. :frowning_face: