now thats a low blow.. what a whore..

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Scuds...becareful of how you throw around generalizations for your benefit..Out of 84 runners today, only 23 are IL breds

Plus, if they don't care about IL breds (or their horses in general), why did they switch to Poly in the first place?

They switched because so many horses broke down in 2006. At the time, Chalk trainer Christine Jenks blamed it on the trainers running horses that they shouldn't have been entering in races. Wouldn't surprise me if the same thing took place last season. If trainers are entering horses with really bad problems, then it probably doesn't matter what they are running on (quite a few will break down.) Really got to wonder if the vet in Chicago looks at the horses very much (on race day mornings.)

[pointman]

Scuds, I have to disagree with you. I have yet to see one solid statistic that proves that synthetics are safer than dirt. Horses have been running on dirt for thousands of years, it is natural. Just like we cannot make a real substitute for grass, I can't buy that synthetics are safer because the people who profit off of it say so. In actuality, what I have heard more often is that the injuries on horses tend to occur on different spots on the horse than on dirt, but are not necessarily reduced.