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Old 01-20-2010, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by freddymo
Why do they work horses so hard in So Cal.? You never see works of 59 for even the very best stock in the east.. Typical bullets at Belmont for 4f's is like 47.-48 depending on the surface conditions in Cal .45? Unless its Gary Stute then its 42.4.lol

Because the surface is always fast and hard , if the horses worked slow like they do on deep sandy slow tracks back east then the horseman would have strokes. Del Mar was slow when they put it in and everybody flipped the heck out , so they water it and make it faster and also make it harder.
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