I would love to see just one article from the past ( before synthetic) saying how great the tracks were here in SoCali. As I recall even Stronach wouldnt race his super horse at Santa Anita because of the track and so now all of a sudden " new" dirt is going to be way better.
Does anybody remember why it is the tracks here went to synthetics in the first place? Its because horses were dying at an alarming rate and the horsemen were screaming for something to be done. So they did something and now they are screaming again because they cant find the winners circle and that horses are having injuries where they are laid up instead of breaking their legs off which is cheaper I guess in the long run, just put em down and get a new one.
No wonder racing is in the crapper on a whole, you just cant fix stupid.
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