[pmayjr]

I know I'm in the huge minority on this. But I hate that they're switching back. No, they shouldn't have switched in the first place, but unlike SA they had no major drainage or other issues, right?

My main reason for being opposed to the move is I usually do really well anytime one meet ends and another meet starts and they switch surfaces. You can usually nail long shots early in meets that can't run on one surface, but wake up on the other.

I mean like when Arlington goes to Hawthrone
When SA goes to Hollywood (and now Del Mar)
Keeneland to Churchill to Turfway
Golden Gate to the fair tracks with dirt.

So my reasons are purely for handicapping, but that's why I want Del Mar to stay synthetic. The one outcome that I hope comes from this, that in the future when SoCal horses can't hack it on dirt, maybe a lot more will ship to GG to try and get some success from that surface?

****, I'd even love the Aqueduct inner to go synthetic lol

For you guys naming all these synth winners, is it really any different for a horse that can't run a step on dirt, but thrives on turf?