Central list of track w/ surface type?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by AeWingnut

Joe,

welcome to the board

The form or other places should place a circled A for All-weather or a circled T for Turf. A circled X means they took the race off the turf.
I didn't find a directory for what surfaces are used but I did find the track directory for what abbreviations are used.

http://www.drf.com/entries/trackAbbreviations.html

Not all "All-Weather" surfaces are the same. California has foolishly mandated that all tracks shall be synthetic surfaces.

without talking about everywhere I will mention the poly race tracks

California
Del Mar is poly
Golden Gate is Tapeta
Hollywood is Cusion track
Santa Anita is a mess
and Bay Meadows is probably going to close (still a dirt surface , oh they also race on the turf)

Arlington Park in Chicago - poly
Keeneland in Lexington, Ky- Poly
Turfway in Florence, Ky - poly

Presque Isle Downs in Erie, PA - Tapeta
Woodbine in Ontario, Canada - poly

I think that is the big problem. There is no distinction on the Form for whether the race was taken off the turf onto a synthetic or off the turf onto the dirt. So in that case you really do need to know what surface that track has.

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I think that is the big problem. There is no distinction on the Form for whether the race was taken off the turf onto a synthetic or off the turf onto the dirt. So in that case you really do need to know what surface that track has.

True, I also haven't accounted for the subtleties? of New York tracks like the inner dirt at Aqueduct or the different turf courses at Belmont

[hi_im_god]

are all dirt tracks the same?

I already know the answer but if you're slicing and dicing synthetics shouldn't you do the same for dirt?