Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Turf horses seem to excell in route races on all synthetics.
They've got a surface at Del Mar where the Pacific Classic is run in a glacial 2:07 and change and horses struggle home after firm rating - and on the SA surface - A Cal Bred 3yo in Jan is capable of posting a 1:06 2/5th clocking over the Bonneville Salt Flats like Cushion track.