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Originally Posted by The Bid
Jim, I think the conclusion is the track isnt what its cracked up to be. Its not a surface that requires no grooming, and its not as safe as initially believed. Let the dominos fall
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What was it cracked up to be? I think that is the common misconception.
Where was it written that synthetic tracks meant the end of all injuries to horses? I don't think that claim was ever made.
You might think that is the conclusion, however it wasn't the conclusion of the local british officials in this story. Of course they have to look at the track, that will never change with any surface. why? because no matter what surface horses run on it is inherently dangerous to them and there will be breakdowns and injuries. The whole idea is to try to minimize these occurences. No one should take any particular story about the breakdown of a horse on a synthetic track as direct evidence that they are not safer than dirt tracks.