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11-08-2007, 09:14 PM
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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. - Friedrich Nietzsche on Handicapping 
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11-09-2007, 02:26 AM
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Russell Baze commented in a wire service story in my paper this morning that I'll paraphrase from memory.... he said he liked it thus far because little was coming back at the horses making them a little easier to handle because some horses want to "climb" with stuff flying in their face. He also liked that nothing seems to stick to to horse or jockey. this from the Golden Gate Fields site after two days on Tapeta. 10-RACE WEEKEND CARDS -- The popularity of the GGF’s new Tapeta racing surface has resulted in a bevy of entries, prompting track officials to card 10-race programs on both Saturday and Sunday. Due to the 10-race cards, GGF has moved up post time for both days to 12:15 p.m.
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11-09-2007, 02:32 AM
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And one more for purists, to my naked eye the track didn't look a whole lot different than the sandy surfaces I've seen as a fan in Aiken and Camden.
It looked to me like the vastly prominent ingredient was sand, with maybe only 10% max of the colored wax and rubber stuff mixed in. I'm not sure what the surface looked like deeper than a couple inches. I saw the Tapeta in the paddock where the colors were more easily seen in the sand than what my naked eye could detect in the Tapeta on the racing surface.
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11-09-2007, 02:42 AM
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And just one more...
The two races I watched were with the starting gate set in front of the grandstand for One Mile and then a 1 1/16. It did seem the tractor driver had to work harder than usual to finesse the gate into the correct position. For anyone who has ever backed up with a trailer or boat attached, same concept. The starting gate did not seem to be rolling and moving on the Tapeta with the same ease and method I'm accustomed to seeing on dirt. It took multiple attempts of back and forth to get the gate set properly.
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11-09-2007, 11:42 AM
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Increased field size seems to be a given on the aw surfaces. I'd love to see at least one of the aw surfaces on a NY track asap.
from the bloodhorse..."The lanky Englishman (Dickinson) worked off some pre-race jitters, he said, by jogging the track barefoot in the morning after training hours. He said it actually gave him a good idea of the track's cushion. The horses all came back well throughout the day, so he was pleased. "That's what I would consider a success, if everyone comes back safe." Last edited by sumitas : 11-09-2007 at 02:52 PM.
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