Problems with Hollywood park's new track?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Holy ****. Just watched the 2nd race from Hollywood(I missed the 1st) and as they rounded the turn into the stretch the amount of kickback I saw was incredible. It looked like huge amounts of kickback were flying straight back behind the horses. Is this the problem they were having with the track?
The kickback looked fierce and was flying straight back, not hanging in a cloud like at Turfway. Thats gotta sting.

I noticed the huge amount of kickback today also. They usually don't have that much kickback. They were tinkering with the track all morning trying to even it out. I think they dug it up much deeper than normal and that's why there is so much kickback.

There are actually large chunks of rubber in this track. Some of them are about half the size of golf balls. The rubber in the track at Keeneland is much more finely ground. They don't have big chunks of rubber in the track at Keeneland.

Anyway, I don't think the problems at Hollywood are too serious. I think they'll be able to straighten things out. The problems at Woodbine look much more serious.