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Originally Posted by herkhorse
Arlington Park has a nice cross-section of their track make up on display. It was pretty cool, though I may have been the only one that ever looked at it.
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Include me as another who looked at the display. AP is my home track and I think that their poly track has been a big success. Breakdowns did spike a little last year but I don't think anyone was blaming the track. The drainage system is incredible. The track stays fast in spite of most conditions and even heavy thunderstorms drain off quickly and evenly. I haven't found any magic formula to handicap on the surface but it's been said here and I believe it to be true. If a horse doesn't run well on it the first few times, he will probably never run good on it. Wait for Hawthorne.
Tom