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Originally Posted by Danzig
and i also read that the way synthetic reacts to a horses movement is different than dirt, and explains why there are many more hind end injuries than what was seen on dirt, which supposedly caused more front end injuries.
so are there less injuries?
overall, based on percentages, they said that turf showed to be a safer surface than dirt in that study.
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Are there more hind end injuries with the synthetic surfaces? That is not what I used to hear, so correct me if I am wrong on this. I don't know about Santa Anita because I know that track is a mess right now, but from what I remember, a lot of the horsemen were very happy with Hollywood Park and Del Mar after the installation of synthetic as far as safety went.
The dirt Cali. tracks were horrible on horses before the installation of the synthetic surfaces. The trainers said they couldn't give the horses a workout without them coming back puffy or sore. If I'm not mistaken, that was the reason that Cali. switched to synthetic in the first place.