We can argue for or against Polytrack until we're blue in the face, but nothing will be solved until we have more race history on this surface.
I don't like it at all personally, but what do we really have to go on besides what we've seen at Turfway, and opening weekend at Keenland?
The biggest races ever ran on polytrack prior to last weekend was..I guess the Lane's End last March.
Until we see several Graded stakes on this surface, it's hard to gauge.
If we saw horses like Ghostzapper, Afleet Alex and St. Liam struggle on poly, and win everwhere else, it would be easy to draw a conclusion.
But they never ran on it.
For me, I'll need to see Grade 1 calibur horses in their prime run over the surface and perform similar, or just as well as they do on dirt, before I become even a moderate fan of polytrack.
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