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Originally Posted by Minefield
The California racetracks needed to do something. Too many horses were getting hurt and the racing was just too predictable.
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maybe,
but theres always the option of just installing a safer dirt surface.
or I dont know, maybe not making a rush to judement and determining that synthetic surfaces were the cure all without proper testing over longer periods of time.
all Hollywood had to do was take a visit to another cdsn owned track named Calder Racecourse.
they are doing just fine down there in a warm weather environment with a conventional dirt surface.
instead, after failing miserably the year before with their installation of a new turf course(caused the cancellation of all turf racing in the 2005 Winter meet), they proceeded to fail miserably in the current year with the installation of a new synthetic main track surface.
I dont even want to think about what they are going to f*ck up in 2007.
there are only 2 courses for them to mess up.
maybe they will decide to rebuild the grandstand out of straw and mud next year.
then when it blows over and they have to cancel the 2007 Summer meet, they can blame it on a study they did that found that the safest building construction materials for human racetrack wagerers was mud and straw.
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