[todko]

1st race. 3 horse. Goes down hard in the backstretch. That's 2 breakdowns in 2 days.

For the first time, Turfway is having to deal with cold weather. Woodbine has seen it's share of breakdowns too. Maybe it's the vertical drainage system. If the drainage system gets clogged with fiber, tire chunks, spandex, whatever -- the water will have no place to go -- it will most likely pool and freeze -- produce hard spots underneath the poly surface.

The track has less than 2 degrees of banking.

Last year, we had abnomally warm weather. We had days of 60 degrees in January. Poly didn't have a true winter test last year.