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02-18-2014, 10:20 PM
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Del Mar... NO MORE POLYTRACK
http://www.drf.com/news/del-mar-plan...irt-track-2015
Goodbye, farewell, good riddance. Don't ever come back.
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02-18-2014, 10:21 PM
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02-18-2014, 11:37 PM
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Its the right thing to do.
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02-19-2014, 12:48 AM
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02-19-2014, 01:09 AM
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The Blue Grass could actually be a real prep again.
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02-19-2014, 05:12 AM
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Yeah it's a shame that one of our premium race meets is run on polycrap
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02-19-2014, 10:25 AM
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After rushing to a decision that ultimately completely ruined California racing, they are finally getting everyone back to dirt. What was the damn point? They've lost so many people like myself that won't wager on this junk that I don't know if they can ever get back.
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02-19-2014, 11:09 AM
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02-19-2014, 12:01 PM
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02-19-2014, 12:14 PM
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02-19-2014, 01:39 PM
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02-19-2014, 02:09 PM
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 how much did the ridiculous mandate in california cost these tracks? between the expense, the problems with the track surface at santa anita, and then the change back....what a complete mess. i'm glad that del mar is making the move, but this stuff should never have happened to begin with. no better example of the adage ' the road to hell is paved with good intentions'
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02-19-2014, 02:18 PM
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02-19-2014, 02:26 PM
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02-19-2014, 06:28 PM
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I, and most others, don't have a problem with synthetic as a replacement for dirt- as long as it's actually LIKE DIRT. Hollywood was perfectly playable. Del Mar and Keeneland are not.
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02-19-2014, 06:31 PM
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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?
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02-19-2014, 06:34 PM
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Horses work out more than they race and get injured more often training than in racing. IF safety was the main selling point then why not install them in more training tracks rather than racing surfaces.
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02-19-2014, 07:39 PM
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