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Old 07-30-2007, 10:27 PM
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Thing is, Zayat is correct. Just look at Turfway, Collins told them not to water it, but after gobs and gobs of carpet flying in the air and into horses' throats, Turfway brought out the water trucks.
Vets scoping horses at Turfway found that there was a whole lot less "stuff" in the trachea and large airways compared to when the track was dirt. The particles of Poly are too big, much larger than the particles available on dirt/sand tracks. The number of eye injuries (from clods kicked back into the horses face during a race) dropped to close to zero.
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