Santa Anita gets 2008 Breeders Cup

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I agree that the tracks on BC day are usually a disgrace, dirt or otherwise. But I disagree that artificial tracks make it easier to spot the biases. I've seen days at Keeneland where one day, it's playing to speed and the next day, it's playing to closers, or even one race and then the next race. I think unlike on those big days, where it's pretty easy to see a dead rail or a live rail, on artificial tracks, biases can change at the drop of a hat.

Well the artificial I am most familiar with is cushion track,and I think one of the positives to racing on it is it's fairness (front,back,inside,outside.)I am not gunna tell ya I was great at cappin' on it,but wasn't cuz it was unfair to the front,back ,inside, outside.Sure,they didn't understand how to maintain it properly,and they created some bias by f'n it up on certain days,but still it was the most fair racing I have seen in 25 years.People will get better at cappin' on it.Of course it was hard to win betting on horses running on a new surface.We have been through the worst part,and now have some horses with records on it.What I am looking forward to is the field sizes(that is crucial to SOCAL RACING.)