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Originally Posted by The Bid
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In Cali, it's curbing injuries,and increasing field size(because horses are able to race more often.) Back there,they may be running horses on synthetic that they wouldn't even try running on dirt.Isn't synthetic gunna be a magnet for horses with physical problems? You're not running the same exact horses over the 2 surfaces.Back there,you have a choice what to run on.So,the dirt would probably attract the totally healthy horses,and the troubled ones would be sent to run on synthetic.In SoCal, all horses are mainly running on synthetic.You can compare the injury rate to when all the horses were running on dirt.The real test has taken place out here,because pretty much the same exact horses were running on dirt,and then they had them run on synthetic.This study used different pools of horses.The least healthy ones were probably running on the synthetic.You have the more scientific study(in Socal,) if you really care which is more safe to run on.It's obvious our dirt tracks weren't as safe as our synthetic tracks are.It's probably best to have both types available to run on(dirt n' synthetic.)Cali is a different situation(not as many horses to run,and so you have to keep them coming to run,and they can do it more often with synthetic.)Pretty much an all-out effort to be able to fill cards.