Main Track at Hollywood Opens Tomorrow

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Originally Posted by eurobounce

All I know about PolyTrack is that my two horses (one now because Picnic Vickee got claimed) loved training on the PolyTrack surface. They came back in great shape. No soreness or swelling in the ankles. People seem to think that soreness or swelling only happens to unsounds horses. This isnt true....granted more low level claiming horses have some sort of injury but not all of them do. Polytrack is good for winter tracks or tracks that get tons of rain.

So true, the fact of the matter is because of the endless sunshine and relatively rare rainy days the tracks in California get baked and hard. I too would love it if they could have a soft cushion but the temperature is just not conducive to it. I remember years ago they used to have horse shows during the off seasons at Santa Anita and I used to show my horses, it wasn't coincidental that the horses would become stocked up and sore after just training and showing over the surface for 2 weeks, it's just much harder on their legs and joints.