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Originally Posted by cmorioles
How about one race of PPs, the Big Cap. All the following have run much better on synthetic than dirt:
Big Booster
Monterey Jazz
Zappa
Celtic Dreaming
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these horses are better on synthetic? based on what criteria?
lets take a look at these horses records.
Big Booster
dirt record 8 3-0-0
aw record 5 1-0-2
appears to favor dirt
Monterrey Jazz
dirt record 3 1-0-1
aw record 3 1-0-1
has won in the past year going short and long on dirt, aw, and turf.
Zappa
dirt record 11 4-1-4
aw record 5 3-0-1
does well on aw, but also seems to run on any surface. won a 3 turn stakes race last year on the FPX dirt.
Celtic Dreamin
dirt record 2 2-0-0
aw record 7 3-4-0
I love this horse. he never runs a bad race. however you can't say he prefers aw because he is undefeated on dirt winning convincingly both times.
what I am looking for, are examples of horses that run well on synthetic (aw), but show a marked decline in form whenever they try dirt. these examples do not fit that description.