Grass Ranks Thinning Because of Synthetics

[King Glorious]

When they first put this stuff in Kentucky, it was clear that turf horses were doing better than dirt horses on junk tracks. I made a prediction that synthetics would be the end of top level grass racing in America because more and more trainers would opt to give their good grass horses a run on the junk because the races are worth more money generally and have more prestige.

The Santa Anita Hcp will be run soon and two of California's top grass horses, Medici Code and Champs Elysees will be skipping grass races to run here. It's a good thing there are no good dirt mile races at Santa Anita or else, I bet the Kilroe Mile would have suffered too.