Dubai Carnival 2010 Discussion

[PatCummings]

http://www.tvg.com/forms/MeydanPPs020410.pdf - For Thursday

[The Bid]

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[NoChanceToDance]

It seems as though a few trainers are already starting to voice their concerns over the Tapeta track.

So far none of the horses who are familiar with the usual dirt surface of Nad Al Sheba can perform to anywhere near the same level as they do on this new Tapeta surface.

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

It seems as though a few trainers are already starting to voice their concerns over the Tapeta track.

So far none of the horses who are familiar with the usual dirt surface of Nad Al Sheba can perform to anywhere near the same level as they do on this new Tapeta surface.

I'm interested to see what trainers you speak of...cause as far as I'm concerned, the local horses who've gotten well over Jebel Ali are, for the most part, outclassed with all these shippers. Otherwise, no one else who gets over dirt is running here, just the Jebel Ali runners. And with that, Montpellier ran a cracker today and King of Rome has come on from his initial run at Jebel Ali. The Carnival classes up the joint and even more horses are there this year than before, which makes the competition tough.

[The Bid]

Tolu said jardim couldn't handle the surface. You can see him being scrubbed on 400 meters out. He's trained poorly over it, and he ran poorly over it. No trditional dirt horses will handle tapeta, it's the turfiest of all the paper mâché tracks.

Only time will tell how this surface holds up to the climate. My guess is it will be tore out inside 4 years

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Tolu said jardim couldn't handle the surface. You can see him being scrubbed on 400 meters out. He's trained poorly over it, and he ran poorly over it. No trditional dirt horses will handle tapeta, it's the turfiest of all the paper mâché tracks.

Only time will tell how this surface holds up to the climate. My guess is it will be tore out inside 4 years

"Only time will tell..."

Maybe....

But it has put up with the equivalent of four Dubai summers, three at Al Quoz and one on the Meydan training track. Tapeta is SO dissimilar to any of the other synthetic surfaces, it's uncanny. And, after all, you know how good those South American dirt tracks are...

[The Bid]

Took them a couple seasons to start falling apart ocer here pat. They were all great, all the morons here loved them. Now all the idiots are crying about them.

As for the south American dirt courses...... They aren't the best but they are "traditional" dirt. A traditional dirt horse simply will not handle tapeta. I'm sure it's great for the carnival because more European horses can transition, possibly hold their form on tapeta. Whereas on the dirt they would stink up the joint

I'm a huge fan of international racing. I love seeing all the good horses converge, but essentially this is a turf festival