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Originally Posted by pmayjr
I do remember when you had Baffert on your show in the weeks before Hollywood was closing, he said the reason he hated that it was closing the most, was he loved training horses over the racing surface. He said it was a great racing/training surface. So too bad that SoCal racing lost that surface (and of course the track itself) for reasons not having to do with the surface. I probably wouldn't be whining as much about the Del Mar switch if Hollywood was still open.
Excerpt from the recent Bloodhorse article
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...-era-nears-end
Does Dr. Mick Peterson have a bias towards synthetics when offering his opinion? I'm just saying it looks like he's poking a hole in Joe Harper's explanation.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Turfway was the first to install synthetic (poly) in the U.S. They replaced their synthetic surface a year into it, to perfect the formula after it wasn't holding up to the harsh winter conditions. Since then, link me an article saying where they've had issues? Yes they still have cancellations due to weather, but I don't think it's due to track condition as much as it's due to the weather just being to shitty in general. When did
Did Woodbine have to replace or repair theirs? I also like that Woodbine specifically tells you between which races they treat/groom their track. |
but another issue is climate. southern cal is far different from woodbine and turfway. what works in one area geographically and climate wise won't necessarily work elsewhere.