Poly speed disaster at keeneland

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by Honu

I dont really think the tracks are so bad per say here in Cali but how they are maintained and how horseman train.
You can look any day of the week and more horses work at So. Cali . racetracks each day than anywhere else in the nation.
The trackman with dirt surface racing has control of all the factors , I cant tell you how many days the track will be one way and then all of a sudden its a diffirent way, I dont mind that they dig it up but jeez could you please add a little more water to it so it isnt so damn cuppy. The biggest bonus I see with Polytrack is that basically it takes care of itself without much human intervention, I think that its a very big key that you dont have some trackman deeming how he wants the track to be.

Why do they train so much in California as opposed to places like Belmont?
That's interesting, I didn't realize that...

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Why do they train so much in California as opposed to places like Belmont?
That's interesting, I didn't realize that...

I don't know about Cali training. But you might be interested in knowing that there was a lot of training going on at Belmont while the Toga meet was full steam ahead. There are currently horses in training at Toga and AQ.
The "little guys" get bumped out of their stalls when the meet shows up, but at least they get to use the track for a while.

[sumitas]

the first 4 races today the fav has won twice, 2nd once, 3rd once...

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Honu

I dont really think the tracks are so bad per say here in Cali but how they are maintained and how horseman train.
You can look any day of the week and more horses work at So. Cali . racetracks each day than anywhere else in the nation.
The trackman with dirt surface racing has control of all the factors , I cant tell you how many days the track will be one way and then all of a sudden its a diffirent way, I dont mind that they dig it up but jeez could you please add a little more water to it so it isnt so damn cuppy. The biggest bonus I see with Polytrack is that basically it takes care of itself without much human intervention, I think that its a very big key that you dont have some trackman deeming how he wants the track to be.

The problem may have been due to human error. I don't know. I do know that Del Mar was extremely dangerous this year and around 30 or 40 horses had to be put down.

I know that we were having trouble keeping a lot of our horses sound at all three tracks and these horses were only in light training. We were having horses come back from an easy breeze with really puffy ankles. You don't see that on polytrack.