Biancone, cold with 2 year olds, my theory why

Originally Posted by oracle80

Look Euro, if tracks wanted to install the stuff as a THIRD surface to go with turf and dirt I wouldn't care. Let the crippled claimers polytrack into the night. But thats not how its being marketed. Its being marketed as a replacement for dirt. Its become quite clear in the limited sample that ther is no correlation between form on the two. Call me crazy, but i don't think its rational, thought out well, or wise to take 150 years of training, breeding, etc and toss it out the window and tamper with sinking the breeding market which is the base of the economic structure of the sport.
I also think it will show a DECREASE in handle which will sink purses and tracks. The Turfway stats are quite misleading. First of all handle went up because they cancelled fewer cards. That won't come into play in Cali at all. 2nd of all I don't mean to bash Turfway but its not a major track that players play. I haven't read a single public handicapper or major player who likes the stuff to bet on. read this thread, how many guys are saying they won't be the stuff(add me to that list as well)? You take a major circuit like Cali or keeneland and I will bet you anything you want that handle goes down!!!!! The big bettors(5%) account for maybe 50% of handle. If they vote no with their bankrolls lets see how handle goes shall we?

I guess time will tell.