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Originally Posted by philcski
Bettors like large fields, and both delivered. I hate them both and didn't play Del Mar after the opening weekend, especially considering there are synthetic surfaces which play comparable to traditional dirt (see: Arlington, Presque Isle, even Turfway), which tells me the track maintenance is to fault.
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Arlington definitely does NOT play like a regular dirt surface. Their published stats are a bit distorted since they now card many 1 1/16 mile races, which they had carded maybe 10 in the previous 20 years combined. These races have a fairly short run to the first turn, then a 700 foot stretch run so speed horses have an unfair advantage in those races. And despite this, Saturday saw head-scratchers like Gold Hornet and Solo Survivor win. IMO, Turfway is by far the most realistic of the Poly tracks.