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Old 10-21-2010, 03:27 AM
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We're the main country for dirt racing, and we are wedded to it and refuse to change. Other countries run on a horses natural surface, turf. So it goes.
So, dirt isn't natural to horses?

Therefore, why bother and just run over shredded tires and condoms?

That makes sense.
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Old 10-21-2010, 11:33 AM
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So, dirt isn't natural to horses?

Therefore, why bother and just run over shredded tires and condoms?

That makes sense.
No, a manufactured track of dirt: drainage, a base, a manufactured cushion - isn't as "natural" as turf.
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Old 10-21-2010, 11:34 AM
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Turf courses don't have drainage?
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