[Danzig]

the problems comes in when trainers think that the track is a magic pill that a horse in bad shape can run over with no ill affects.
and of course there are the tracks who installed it while wearing rose-colored glasses and now have to go back and read the manual! think about it, how many of us buy something, put it together, have parts left over (do they send extras? i'm sure they must BE extra pieces) realize there's a problem, and go back and read the instructions.
and then the lightbulb comes on.

no one said that the track would eliminate all breakdowns (after all how can it, when not all breakdowns are related to surface, but to issues with the horse itself?) but would be a safer alternative. i'm not so sure that the best poly is safer than the best dirt surface, but i'd imagine it's better than many of the dirt tracks that it's replacing.

most people are resistant to change-it's our nature. BUT, if the change is made, we have to hope the track does everything it can to get it right-but by the same token, a trainer needs to do HIS job right as well.