Could poly bring back the 12 furlong "dirt" race?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

And if I said five months ago that the Perryville would have drawn that quality of a field on polytrack you probably would have told me it aint happening either.

The Perryville got the field it did for a far different reason than Polytrack.....and his name is Discreet Cat.

Don't think for one instant that Latent Heat, Praying for Cash and, at least, High Finance would have run in the Grade 3 Perryville, and not the Grade 2 Jerome ( at their home track ), if Discreet Cat wasn't running.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The Perryville got the field it did for a far different reason than Polytrack.....and his name is Discreet Cat.

Don't think for one instant that Latent Heat, Praying for Cash and, at least, High Finance would have run in the Grade 3 Perryville, and not the Grade 2 Jerome ( at their home track ), if Discreet Cat wasn't running.

I agree, I'm just saying to give a blanket statement like 'it aint happening' is tough to do when we don't know what the future holds. For all we know performance on the polytrack could prove to correlate to endurance in the sire and the demand for 12 furlong races to prove that endurance will increase.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I agree, I'm just saying to give a blanket statement like 'it aint happening' is tough to do when we don't know what the future holds. For all we know performance on the polytrack could prove to correlate to endurance in the sire and the demand for 12 furlong races to prove that endurance will increase.

So, they are going to dramatically alter the breed to suit this new surface?

Good luck.

I say they just paint it green and call it what it is.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

So, they are going to dramatically alter the breed to suit this new surface?

Good luck.

I say they just paint it green and call it what it is.

Who knows? I think Churchill kinda holds the cards on polytrack. If they opt to switch to polytrack it will absolutely change how breeders think.

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Who knows? I think Churchill kinda holds the cards on polytrack. If they opt to switch to polytrack it will absolutely change how breeders think.

WHy does a track with one race thats great and a bunch noone cares about hold the cards?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by oracle80

WHy does a track with one race thats great and a bunch noone cares about hold the cards?

Because that one race that is the single biggest factor in breeding. Combine that with the BC being run there every four or five years, plus all the Cali tracks going synthetic and there will be too much money for breeders to ignore. All I do know for sure is it is going to be a strange year when they finally run the BC on a track with a synthetic surface.

[sumitas]

who knows ? sure, i'd watch a 12f race on poly. there are a few distance specialists out there right now. i believe Navesink River is one. and what does he get for his troubles ? they send him to Saudi Arabia last new years eve. Belmont and A once in a great while card dirt races just short of 12f.

and just a couple of years ago NYRA cut the CCA Oaks back to 10f from 12f...it seems like the tail is wagging the dog...the commercial breeders must be dictating the length, or lack thereof, of the races

[blackthroatedwind]

If they switch to polytrack I will be stunned but I can't disagree with you in that they can't do it without the blessing of the breeders.

On a mildly related note, did you see the exemption Churchill got on smoking. Really hilarious.