Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

http://calracing.com/stable_notes.ph...97b8b7e79e5cad

Fact is the trainers like their horses to be at HWD PARK.By their actions,you will see that this is simply the more popular surface(than dirt.)I don't expect fans to particularly like this surface yet.This was a very difficult surface to cap for,but what new surface wouldn't be? Fact is we had a lot of horses running in these races,and a lot of horses hanging around this track,because of the more forgiving surface.You would have to be the opposite of a genius to be able to think this meet was not a success.I live here.I know what this meet use to be like.It was incredibly difficult to get decent sized fields to line up in November,and especially in December.It is not a perfect surface,but it is the most fair(and safe) I have seen in 25 years.I felt very little inside/outside bias at the meet,and that is a huge step forward.I have little doubt that this surface will extend the careers of a lot of horses that would otherwise be retired(horses who simply can't stay healthy on dirt,and aren't competitive at all on turf.) The important thing is that horses like this surface.