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Old 08-08-2006, 01:07 PM
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Cajun, I had two horses train and race over the PolyTrack surface and I can say without a doubt that the surface is much kinder to the horse. They have studied this extensively over in Europe. There is not enough data on PolyTrack runners going to dirt or to turf yet. We need about 3 racing seasons to figure that out. But the horses I have co-owned are much more sound when training and racing on PolyTrack. I just had a horse race at Mountaineer and she finished 2nd last weekend. She has since worked over the track at Mountaineer and she came back sore. So we are shipping her back to Turfway to work.
Thank you, Euro. As a horse owner, you would know. I don't own a racehorse, so I will take your word for it.
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Old 08-08-2006, 01:11 PM
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Thank you, Euro. As a horse owner, you would know. I don't own a racehorse, so I will take your word for it.
You are very welcome. Also, there has been a slight decline in vet bills. Ours have declined about 12%.
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Old 08-08-2006, 01:13 PM
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Dragging up a name from the past that Nostradamus used to use as my screenname.

I don't like poly because I do not think breathing in all that stuff can be good for jockeys or animals.
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:30 PM
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Yeah but they run some dam cheap claimers at Turfway during the winter. How many starts do these animals have in them when they go down like a one egg pudding? People also don't realize at the ammount of horses and only god knows how many more of them have added over the years. Hell they've enven added more races per card i bet since the mid to late 80's. I hate the poly-**** myself and will bet the turf and dirt until I die.
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Old 08-08-2006, 09:59 PM
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it was also noted months ago here in ark that polytrack runners won NOTHING at oaklawn.
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