Arlignton Poly

[The Bid]

Four breakdowns

The sight of four horses failing to finish races in two days last week dredged up unpleasant memories of last season, when Arlington breakdowns put the track surface here under close scrutiny, but Arlington made it through Million weekend without further incident.

Two horses racing Thursday on Polytrack suffered leg injuries and were pulled up and vanned off, and a third horse Friday, Carmel My Belle, broke down badly in the second race. A race later, Shake went down on the backstretch, but he was the victim of a pulmonary hemorrhage rather than a leg injury.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Four breakdowns

The sight of four horses failing to finish races in two days last week dredged up unpleasant memories of last season, when Arlington breakdowns put the track surface here under close scrutiny, but Arlington made it through Million weekend without further incident.

Two horses racing Thursday on Polytrack suffered leg injuries and were pulled up and vanned off, and a third horse Friday, Carmel My Belle, broke down badly in the second race. A race later, Shake went down on the backstretch, but he was the victim of a pulmonary hemorrhage rather than a leg injury.

It doesn't stop all breakdowns.

Did we cover that yet, or not?

[The Bid]

Just want to let some of you who dont follow racing in on whats happening with this surface.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Just want to let some of you who dont follow racing in on whats happening with this surface.

er....this is a horse racing board. why would people be here who don't follow racing, and why would they care about a racing issue if they didn't follow racing?