I just can't wager on these synthetic tracks. Perhaps some day they will get them down, but we have this at Hollywood, Woodbines surface falling apart during the last cold spell up there, and Keeneland's surface making speed a dirty word.
The biggest problem I have is that these surfaces were sold by their marketers as infallible and maintenance free, you can read the literature and see it for yourselves on their websites.
I know this is gonna get kicked to the poly room, but really, if they lied or misjudged the surfaces to the point that we've seen already, what else have they mislead or erred about?
There was a big rush to judgement without the proper experimentation or due diligence being done.
I think in the end the tracks that haven't rished to judgement will end up sticking with dirt.
The biggest problem with this is that the expense of installing it 10-12 mill, locks you in to the stuff. How do you rip it out if things go badly when you've already kicked up that kinda loot? Its like being trapped.
I love playing Cali racing, I truly do, and miss being able to play it outside the grass races now, just as I missed playing Keeneland. But life goes on, and Delaware, Calder, Churchill and Aquedust all have cards today on the dirt.