"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

Honey ... you need to get your facts straighter before embarrassing yourself so consistently.

The peak speed period for California tracks was from the mid-1950s through the late 1960's.

They've been slowed since then ... sometimes just a little bit and sometimes quite considerably.

They have been slowed a bit, but the part where I refer to them as being speedways (like a car race track; hard like a road) is that they are harder than ever. They don't have a soft surface...that is why they are turning to polytrack.

It is the same with Belmont which was faster during the 70s and 80s than it is today. Although, the horses at Belmont don't nearly have the same soundness issues in terms of quantity as those out in the Cali tracks.

Fact, after installing polytrack at Turfway, 24 breakdowns turned into 3 during the same period of time.

So BB, why did they try to slow the track down after the 80s at Belmont and after the 60s in Cali?