Santa Anita Cushion track claims it's first victim

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Originally Posted by docicu3

I think it's more than that if the injury numbers are comparable to dirt racing at Santa Anita last year then we have quite a little problem here or 10 million poorly spent When the first workouts started coming back as a little fast I thought there might be an issue.

"The works in the morning have been a little quick," said Mike Harlow, Oak Tree's Director of Racing, " Bloodhorse

To me this translates into trouble if the surface is failing to deaden impact and slow times somewhat. We might have a bigger story than you think.

Santa Anita may be playing with the surface a bit too much in an effort to keep a speed favoring track. We will see.