BEYER: Poly's Anti-Speed Bias

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I hear ya.

I think a horse like Deadly Dealer would have run in the Blue Grass as opposed to the Arkansas Derby...if the old KEE dirt surface was still around. I also have a feeling a few other cheaper speeds who might run in the Lexington might have taken a shot.

Perhaps Great Hunter would have ran elsewere...as his style would appear to be better suited to polytrack...than the old KEE dirt.

If Street Sense scratched from the Blue Grass on the old KEE dirt....would CN run him in the Derby off of one-prep and seven weeks between races? My hunch is he wouldn't have scratched regardless of track condition...but you're a lot closer to the situation and more inside than I am.