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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
There was an extensive article on DRF last week about the problems at Woodbine. It is no longer in their archives but I will reprint it momentarily.
Pletcher and Dutrow will be doing the bulk of their California racing on the dirt course at Santa Anita. The reaon Todd is going, and this is obvious to anybody without an agenda, is simply a numbers one. He has too many horses in all the conditions to only run at Aqueduct and Gulfstream.
Keep 'em coming.
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It is nice to know that you know why Pletcher is going. He said publicly he was going for the synthetic surface, not numbers.
"The main reason is Polytrack is out there," Pletcher said. "We thought about going out there before, but one of the concerns was always how safe the surfaces are out there. Obviously, the purses are good ... Mister [Michael] Tabor wants his horses training on Polytrack when possible."
http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=20159