AW on NY agenda
 

from the bloodhorse

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/46028.htm

July 29 @ Saratoga

this thread reached 5 star status before there was a single response to it?
hmmm...

I really hope that this is just for show. There's no reason in hell to convert the NY tracks (except maybe the AQU inner) to the fake stuff.

I'll be just a couple of blocks away.....at the pool.

I figured I'd put my 5 stars in before hoss does his 1 star thingy.

You're batting 1.000 today.

Thanks. The Dee Tee Posse strikes again.

That would be smart but were are they getting the money to do it..Plus you would need to do The Belmont training track at the same time.. If the they did switch it to Tapeta or Cushion perhaps NYRA would save some money and dates in the long run?

It is a State task force I believe.

Oh, this would be a sad moment in racing. Synthetics have their place...but they do not belong everywhere. *SIGH*

We do need an AW surface in NY because my yearling was bred to run over turf and aw.

Is there state fair racing in NY? Maybe in Syracuse at the Mile? Or perhaps Vernon Downs

I think lots of horseman would welcome poly/synthetic track instead of the Inner at the Big A.. The winter is rough and poly has to be easier to maintain. Having a track that is good shape to train and race on all winter isn't too bad an idea. So much money is spent opening and closing and harrowing tracks in the winter. it's a lot of work and it comes at a huge cost. Do you really love that inner biasis towards speed? Plus maybe they can have the main Aqueduct track open a tad bit earlier they already are racing on the turf two weeks before they used too with the advent of the plastic wrap

Agenda is the appropriate word.

I think Saratoga Harness track would benefit a great deal from an AW weather track. Lets do it!!!!!

Polytracks are fine during wet weather but are not very good in really cold weather.

Define really cold it averages about 37 degrees in NY..Sure there are 5 degree days but thery are as often as 45 degree days.. Isn't Tapeta suppose to be well suited for cold at least that is what Sir Dickenson told me

And what of the windchill? It is Aqueduct. Synthetic tracks are designed to hold lots of water. When it is under 32 degrees, water freezes. When you cant put water on the track it gets way too loose. When you put water in at cold temperatures, it freezes and balls up. Hence the issue with cold and synthetic.

And I never believed any thing MD said when he was training, why should it be any different now?

Would a knight lie?

salt water?