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Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985
So why is this acceptable? Synthetics are a part of the game, they run over synthetics at Keeneland, one could argue the best other then Toga.
Is it because people cant except change, or is it because Beyer people cant make figures the right way for synthetic races?
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you keep saying they are a part of the game, in a few years time i don't feel that will be the case. there is a very real gulf between dirt and synthetics. even bob baffert prefers shipping a horse to the east and running on dirt. that's very, very telling. as is the lack of horses in california. the move to synthetics was supposed to address that problem yet it has not. yes, i know there are less owners-but why is cali the one taking the brunt of that?
so, altho there are synthetics, it doesn't mean the trainers want a part of it. todd pletcher used to ship out to cali fairly often. not any more. why do you think the chrb has now said they can go back to dirt? because it's a failed experiment.
and as for keeneland, they're part owner of an awt company. of course they're going to use it. awt seems to work in places without weather extremes. woodbine and keeneland are examples of that.