Santa Anita to go synthetic this year

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Originally Posted by FairPlay

It's required by law to change the track to a synthetic surface.

Wonder how Lava Man will do running on different synthetic surfaces. Makes the case stronger that he should probably stick to the turf.

There are no bigger issues in California that they have to worry about , then making synthetic surfaces manditory. It's like when the federal government got involved with the steroid issue in baseball. Because there are no other bigger problems in the country than that. Give me a break! Why is it the states decision? I understand that they give the tracks money, but this is a horse issue and shouldn't the horseman make the call?