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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
1. Europe is where synthetics were invented
2. They rarely have meets that are more than 4 or 5 days at a time
3. if you make the turf wider wont the jockeys just go wider?
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The idea is not to completely eat up the grass course. So, save the XTRA WIDE rails for those days when you'd typically take the races off the turf. Who cares if the outside half of the turf is eaten up eventually? Bad turf == wet/off dirt. And, I'd imagine there'd be the odd time or two when Channing Hill goes over the OUTER RAIL. **** happens.
As for number 1: I'd imagine areas with atypically high rainfall dictated the need for an alternative surface.