Doubt They Run at SA.. UPDATE: Charles says synthetic out..

[Travis Stone]

Ron Charles was just on HRTV saying an announcement about the future of Santa Anita's surface will be coming very soon.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Ron Charles was just on HRTV saying an announcement about the future of Santa Anita's surface will be coming very soon.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/110190.html

You got a mention on TVG today by the way... "Is Travis Stone calling LaD quarters this meet?" "No, he's working in some capacity at Gulfstream"

[herkhorse]

Originally Posted by richard

One would think it would be more cost effective to correctly upgrade the drainage at SA than to remove the entire track and install dirt.

I would think that either way they would have to remove the track to fix the drainage.

[richard]

You may be right . I do not know the specifics of that drainage problem.

[herkhorse]

Arlington Park has a nice cross-section of their track make up on display. It was pretty cool, though I may have been the only one that ever looked at it.

[tomm5647]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

Arlington Park has a nice cross-section of their track make up on display. It was pretty cool, though I may have been the only one that ever looked at it.

Include me as another who looked at the display. AP is my home track and I think that their poly track has been a big success. Breakdowns did spike a little last year but I don't think anyone was blaming the track. The drainage system is incredible. The track stays fast in spite of most conditions and even heavy thunderstorms drain off quickly and evenly. I haven't found any magic formula to handicap on the surface but it's been said here and I believe it to be true. If a horse doesn't run well on it the first few times, he will probably never run good on it. Wait for Hawthorne.
Tom