Off The Turf @ Gulfstream????????

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Originally Posted by Travis Stone

They watered the course really heavy I believe Sunday night and knew they would cancel turf racing in the early portion of the following week. They've had zero inches of rain and the course needed a good helping of H2O.

Thanks for the update. I think this is the first time I can ever remember off the turf for lack of rain...kinda the opposite of last year's early part of the Saratoga meet.

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There was a note on the overnight sheets last weekend that GP was going to "deep water" the turf and cancel turf racing for Wednesday and Thursday. The course is in terrible condition due to the 2-month drought in FL and there have been a number of breakdowns on it during racing and training. Hopefully this process will help, but I'm told it is no substitution for rain because the water they add through their own system does not have the same nutritional value as Mother Nature's. They do add minerals to it, but that is not as effective as rain.