[the_fat_man]

Here's what a quick check of the 1st part of the meet reveals. I hadn't looked at this data earlier and my initial comment related to 8/05, where, visually, it appears that there's a speed bias.

7/29 --- no TS
7/30 --- 2 TS --- no wire jobs
7/31 -- no turf

8/01 -- no TS
8/02 -- 1 TS -- no wire
8/03 -- no TS

8/05 --- 2 TS -- 2 wire jobs
8/06 -- 2 TS --- 1 wire job
8/07 -- 1 TS -- no wire job
8/08 -- 2 TS -- no wire job
8/09 -- 2 TS -- 2 wire jobs
8/10 -- 1 TS -- 1 wire job


So, out of 13 turf sprints over 8 days, there were 6 wire jobs. 2 each (out of 2 races) on 8/05 and 8/09; and the other 2 on the subsequent day.

While the number of wire jobs in relation to total turf sprints doesn't appear telling, I think the fact that they're clustered (3 out of 4; and 3 out of 3) does.

Anyone willing to take this further is welcome to.