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Originally Posted by repent
dont kid yourself.
the main argument, especially in CA, is the safety of the horses and rders.
in KY and the east coast, it has more to do with weather and racing days.
but in CA, they have fast tracks anyway.
so its really about some percieved level of safety.
so with that in mind, if we are going to win the state of CA, we have to beat them on the safety issue.
we need horses to start getting hurt and breaking down.
the sooner the better.
have you seen those TVG "cushion track" propaganda commercials.
they interview like 10 trainers about the new, "safe", surface.
and dont act like horse players are so freaking concerned about the safety of horses.
dont tell me that when your horse is in a dog fight in the stretch, that you are not hoping for something to go wrong with the other horse.
Repent
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I have so many problems with what you said I don't even know where to begin. Nothing personal because I don't know you at all, but why is safety for horses (and riders) a bad thing? Why do you want it to fail?
The "propaganda" is, most likely, actually the truth. I admit the jury's still out, but Santa Anita is a virtual ghost town because everyone's in Inglehood training their horses on a safer surface. Not all of these trainers can be wrong about how their horses are handling the polytrack, and that they're staying sounder. That can't just be a perception. I have no doubt that horses will be fatally injured racing over it, but I am also as convinced that it won't be even close to as many as have been for decades now.
And when my horse is battling down the stretch, I don't wish for his rival to snap a leg. I wish the rider drops the whip, or the bridle breaks or he just gets tired. I know a lot of hard-core handicappers, but not one who wishes injury to horse or rider just to cash a ticket.