Turfway - Poly

[cmorioles]

This is from a very recent DRF article about Turfway:

In fact, after having trouble with the surface "balling up" in horses' hooves last winter during freezing weather, Turfway decided recently to infuse the surface with an oil-based wax that Elliston said "addresses the stickiness issue." Although Turfway did not have problems with Polytrack at the 2005 or 2006 fall meets, when weather is not a major factor, "we wanted to go ahead and do this and see how it went," said Elliston.

The oil-based wax was tilled into the track over the course of several days, without disrupting training, about three weeks ago, said Elliston. The main ingredients of Polytrack include carpet fibers, recycled rubber bits, silica-coated sand, and polymer-based wax.

"The horsemen keep saying the surface is dynamite," said Elliston.

I imagine the horsemen that love the surface are those with a barn full of plodders. I think I'll stick to betting dirt (and turf) while these guys continue to tinker around with the surface at these wax tracks.