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Originally Posted by freddymo
In part, this is true. I expect to lose, we all do, because nobody bats .500 unless they are Frank with a couple of belts in him picking 3/5 shots on Fox. That is must-watch TV.
You know the mile turf races at SPA have an element of randomness, and you adjust for that and use those races as an opportunity to get more creative. Tapeta is more boring than anything else, and I love it for getting horses fit to go on dirt. If they have handled dirt ground in the past and come back to it after "prepping" on tapeta, it seems to be a good angle for me.
I do think Tapeta is an answer for breakdowns. Not so much for the future of great racing
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I can't help but remember back to the initial days of Polytrack and Cushion Track and Pro-ride stuff. I hated those days, although it did give us Raven's Pass over Henrythenavigator in the Classic.
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