Sidney's Candy

[NoLuvForPletch]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Have you gotten over the demise of super colt Pioneer of the Nile?

The horses aren't slow the surface over distance yields slower pace and overall times.

Pioneer of the Nile was slow. I'd have to say, judging what I saw yesteray, this horse is not slow.

Why can't Polytrack just be accepted as a third surface? It's not dirt and it's not grass. California, which pretty much screws up everything, clearly went too far in mandating all tracks convert to an artifical surface. Owners like Jackson are well within their rights to take their ball and go home if they don't want to play there. It's not great for the sport, but you can't blame people for having an opinion. It is a shame that the Breeders Cup decided to play on the Poly 2 years in a row. It should never happen again if the tracks remain the same in how they are surfaced.