Arlignton Poly

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Originally Posted by Scav

Let me ask you this, when it first started over there, were people bitching up a storm?

No, and i'm being honest there.

I remember they had a trial raceday where they invited all of the trainers that trained within about 3hours of Lingfield to have at least one runner in the eight (i think) races that they put on.

I didn't go, but my father took a couple of horses there and he said it seemed "magic". The jocks loved it and so did the trainers. Ofcourse, a few of the big trainers didn't like it at first but it didn't take many months for them to be running their horses on the surface.

I know our races aren't all to do with speed unlike yours, but what i have seen from both Lingfield and Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton especially), the Poly can and does favour the horses on the speed now and again. If your tracks can get it right, which takes time, i'm sure the speed can be favoured on the surface.

Wolverhampton is more like an American track, Lingfield has a much longer straight (stretch) so it gives more time for horses that are closing off a strong pace.