some thoughts on poly after running over it

Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

i am all for making it safer for the animals and i have defended poly on here in the past but i dont like the way the surface is now at turfway as opposed to last year. way too fast this year as evident by the times. 5000 claimers goin 111 over it. last year my trainer ran a horse there for 13.5 and he won and was given a very nice fig for the race, final time for 3 quarters.....114. we ran a filly over it this past saturday and she didnt like it whatsoever and was breathin funny afterwards when cooling out. one thing everybody does there is spray their horses feet with pam(cooking spray) or wd-40 to prevent it from balling up in their feet. i dont understand the fascination with tracks being lightining fast, lol i suppose faster times are gonna draw more fans to the game. the jock who we brought down to ride from here likes the surface

I have to agree that the track is too fast. I am very unhappy with the surface this winter meet at Turfway vs last year. The track is so fast that you cannot get a good gage on your horse. Another downfall to Poly is that the track maintenance people cannot "fix" the track as easily as they could when it was dirt.