Dubai Carnival 2010 Discussion

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Took them a couple seasons to start falling apart ocer here pat. They were all great, all the morons here loved them. Now all the idiots are crying about them.

As for the south American dirt courses...... They aren't the best but they are "traditional" dirt. A traditional dirt horse simply will not handle tapeta. I'm sure it's great for the carnival because more European horses can transition, possibly hold their form on tapeta. Whereas on the dirt they would stink up the joint

I'm a huge fan of international racing. I love seeing all the good horses converge, but essentially this is a turf festival

I think it is WAYYYYYYY too soon to tell, overall. I don't know why Barton is so livid. Their barn wasn't hot on El Amarillista and Naval Officer went on turf. Their only starter last week was a relative longshot in Al Samha.

Midshipman didn't handle the Tapeta? I think he was a bit short and might have been craving the lasix in the final furlong. He seemed to get over it fine, in my eye...and I lost a bunch of multi-race bets because he failed...but failure is an overstatement. He won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile over synthetic...so he's a dirt horse?

THERE IS NO KICKBACK ON THIS SURFACE, NONE. CAPS INTENDED.

There is something flying on this board right now, but it isn't Tapeta.

This track has been relatively even through the 14 races held on it thus far...with very few noticable, sustainable bias patterns.