Other tracks to go All-Weather?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

pretty much all the really cheap tracks that don't have triple crown races should change over IMO. philly,del,laurel,charlestown,mountaineer,hawthorn e,thistle,penn national,finger lakes, etc...

i hope you're kidding. at the cost, and the struggle to maintain a track, to figure out all the quirks--i have to wonder if any track will make the switch now. certainly a struggling track can't afford it.

[eajinabi]

I think all TRAINING tracks should be required to change to poly track as more injuries occur during workouts.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

I think all TRAINING tracks should be required to change to poly track as more injuries occur during workouts.

I think more RESEARCH should be done on synthetic vs. dirt

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

I think all TRAINING tracks should be required to change to poly track as more injuries occur during workouts.

AWT doesn't lessen injuries, it is producing different types of injuries.

seems this is ground we've trod over in the past....

pricci asked the question, " If synthetic tracks can't significanty prevent injuries and are more difficult and expensive to maintain than originally projected, why do it?"

i'd say it's a good question.

i think most of the tracks who switched did so to save money-since the surfaces were supposed to cut way down on needed maintenance, as well as keeping fuller, bettable fields when turf gets rained off.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i hope you're kidding. at the cost, and the struggle to maintain a track, to figure out all the quirks--i have to wonder if any track will make the switch now. certainly a struggling track can't afford it.

That's what loans are for.

Put it out over 10 years, and it's chump change.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by westcoastinvader

That's what loans are for.

Put it out over 10 years, and it's chump change.

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