Turfway Cancel

[The Bid]

I wonder what the excuse will be after already starting the card

[ArlJim78]

Its something like 17 degrees! They tried to run but can you really blame them for canceling with such temperatures?

[The Bid]

Track is frozen Jim, thought it doesnt freeze

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Track is frozen Jim, thought it doesnt freeze

What if it is? Who said it wouldn't freeze? Who needs to race when its 17 degrees?

Why can't you let go of this issue? Every time there is a breakdown or a cancellation it's a race to the board to start a thread saying "see, see, they said no more breakdowns, they said no more cancellations".

Even if someone somewhere sometime made those claims, so what? That ship has sailed. What do you suggest, that they rip up the surface and go back to dirt which would cause even more cancellations and breakdowns.

Please give your solution to the problem that you keep alluding to.

[JJP]

Cmon Jim-

You're a Chicago guy. Would Hawthorne ever cancel if it was 17 degrees? No way. Anytime its above zero they'll run. Sounds like a surface problem to me.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by JJP

Cmon Jim-

You're a Chicago guy. Would Hawthorne ever cancel if it was 17 degrees? No way. Anytime its above zero they'll run. Sounds like a surface problem to me.

I take it you were joking. There are frequent Hawthorne cancellations for weather. Cold, snow, ice, wind. They canceled two days in a row in early December.

[ArlJim78]

From the Turfway website;

Welcome to Turfway Park

Sunday racing canceled
Citing temperatures pushed below zero by wind chill, Turfway Park canceled Sunday's live racing card after the second of nine scheduled races. The track remains open for simulcasting.

When Aqueduct and other east coast tracks cancel citing the temperature, that's ok. But when Turfway cancels due to temperature its just a cover story and the real reason is because the polytrack isn't everything it was supposed to be.

[The Bid]

I suggest they quit lying about the surface and fix the problem. Add more top to it, do something. If this winter would have been any kind of winter there would be some major problems.

Who needs to race when its 17 degrees? Ask a guy like Mike Maker who shipped 3 up to run.

Jim, I dont like Polytrack, I like traditional racing on a standard dirt track. The purpose of Polytrack at TWP was a safer surface, we just got over the most catastrophic month of racing at TWP, you dont see that reported do you? They had more breakdowns this December than any other December on record.

[The Bid]

Jim

I remember night racing at TWP when you would be lucky if you could catch your breath it was so cold. They absolutely ran in colder night time temps with the old dirt track. The jocks were complaining about the track yesterday, Im sure its not just the cold weather. The track is uneven, and frozen, you think TWP is going to say that on the website?

Yeah...The track we payed millions for is unsafe, frozen, and the jocks wont ride. Please.