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Old 03-16-2009, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AeWingnut
or maybe the poly track tractor equipment can't handle anything ohter than poly track and horse poooooo
They pick up the horse pooooo after every race, they do not let it mix into the polytrack as accumulating organic stuff would clog drainage, change the way the polytrack rebounds (acts when horse hooves hit it), etc.

I imagine a bunch of tongue ties thrown down on a regular track could screw up the harrows there, too, over a few days.
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