Lava Man

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Originally Posted by philcski

You don't get it, do you?

It has nothing to do with the quality of the winner, IMO, who while untested at this level and beaten on the east coast in lower was not much behind the rest of the field besides Lava Man in ability. It has everything to do with the way the race was run and the consistently inconsistent results. there is no way a horse of Lava Man's stature should be staggering down the lane after 6F in nearly 1:15. The track is garbage.

What's interesting to me is I played some Arlington this weekend and it played absolutely fair with a little moisture in the track.

Exactly. I think it has become obvious (or at least it should have) by now that blanket endorsements AND/OR condemnations of polytrack - or any other artificial surface - no longer make sense. Each track has to be taken on its own merit. Arlington's poly surface is pretty fair I believe. Keeneland is bad, and Del Mar is just ridiculous. I almost fell asleep yesterday watching that crap.