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Originally Posted by Scav
The track president NEVER claimed it to be the horseman's fault. How come the good trainers, the responsible ones haven't had one breakdown. From what I know, Janks and Catalano, two of the mainstays haven't lost a single horse....
As far as Arlington being bias, it is like EVERY OTHER TRACK in this country in the summer. The heat cooks it (keep in mind 99% of tracks are in an open space with no shade, thus it gets even hotter) and it turns into a NASCAR strip, it is no worse then any other track in the country this time. they can only put soo much water into the surface. Arlington was watering after EVERY race this weekend, which is uncommon
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I'm not talking about it being speed favoring, which it isn't. I'm talking about the dead rail; its been gone now for about a month but will likely resurface (no pun intended) at some point; it was prevalent for the first month of the meet and was prevalent for virtually the entire 2004 and 2005 meets. One thing about AP, it is definitely NOT like every other track.
Like Habersham said, Mike's Pride, the 3-5 ultra chalk in the 3rd on Friday was a Catalano trainee who broke down. Is Catalano that different from Rivelli? Both claim lots of horses and both will be aggressive in dropping horses. I'd be hesitant to claim a horse of EITHER of them.