Santa Anita Injuries; Trainers meet, complain

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

I wonder if I'm alone in finding it quite funny that they billed this stuff as all weather and said it doesn't need maintenance but Pearse says that's ridiculous now. He says they have to develop a different maintenance plan for the winter than they do for the summer. He says that he thinks the winter weather and the high volume of traffic on the course are what's causing the problems. I think this is incredible. Did they not know winter was coming? Did they not know that SA was one of the most heavily used courses in the world? How can this not have been planned for?

this is what happens when people rush off into decisions without doing the proper research....this never would have happened if 18 horses did not breakdown over 43 days at del mar a couple years back.