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Originally Posted by Pointg5
Not surprised, I thought they would see an increase, first major track to run poly. I think the real comparison will be next years Fall meet, that's when you'll see the big dropoff. Even some of the people here that were praising KEE started to turn on them. I give them 2 years and that stuff will be gone...
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If anything, handle will pick up from here. The more that people get used to polytrack, the more comfortable they will be wagering on it.
There's practically no chance that the polytrack will be gone from Keeneland in 2 years. The chances of that are less than 1%. It's more like .0001%. They just spent millions of dollars putting it in. The jockeys love it, the trainers love it and the owners love it. Horses stay much more sound training on it and racing on it. You will see a big increase in field size because of it. Bigger fields mean bigger handle.
I'm not going to go so far as to say that polytrack will be everywhere in 5 years, but I will say that you will see it at several more tracks in 5 years. The use of polytrack will increase dramatically over the next few years.
Here in Southern California, the trainers aren't just happy with it, they're ecstatic with it. I haven't heard one complaint. Everybody loves it. The horses are staying much sounder training over it.