artifical or "allweather" surfaces

[sumitas]

I do know this. Keeneland was deluged the week of the Breeders Cup. They raced as usual and their all weather surface acted as if there was little or no rain. You remember the BC at Monmouth.

You be the judge.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I do know this. Keeneland was deluged the week of the Breeders Cup. They raced as usual and their all weather surface acted as if there was little or no rain. You remember the BC at Monmouth.

You be the judge.

Only you and the brass at KEE think that is a good surface.
Agreed that monmouth is also a biased joke.
I just can't handicap races when in every race the entire field is in a line, across the track, at the top of the stretch.
KEE is also very quick to take races off the turf, I guess because they have such a long meet.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

What did I miss? They raced as usual also didn't they? Sure the track was sloppy, but they raced. You seem to be forgetting that when Santa Anita was deluged a few weeks back they certainly didn't race as usual. I seem to remember them cancelling a lot. Their all weather surface definitely did not act as if there was little or no rain.

You be the judge.

Most people feel training a horse on Syn tracks is safer, more affordable, and more available. Racing on the stuff appears to be a work in progress in So Cal.
IF racing and racetracks had invested in modernizing their existing dirt surfaces, I think the sport would have been better served.

Don't give up on Syn. Surfaces yet better things are or will be coming as they learn how to make it work for racing in different climates.

The issue should be evaluated by extrapliculating the Delta between investing millions to mordernize dirt vs. spending millions to change over to syn surfaces. That is the true answer to the issue.

[jpops757]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Most people feel training a horse on Syn tracks is safer, more affordable, and more available. Racing on the stuff appears to be a work in progress in So Cal.
IF racing and racetracks had invested in modernizing their existing dirt surfaces, I think the sport would have been better served.

Don't give up on Syn. Surfaces yet better things are or will be coming as they learn how to make it work for racing in different climates.

The issue should be evaluated by extrapliculating the Delta between investing millions to mordernize dirt vs. spending millions to change over to syn surfaces. That is the true answer to the issue.

It appears you have got it right. Wonder how many of the people that toot the horn for poly,cushion and tapeta also have a vested interest?

[Antitrust32]

the Safetrack that the OBS races were run over seemed ok to me compared to polysmack and cushion.