My theory and feelings on Polytrack

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I am only going to comment on part of your post because everyone knows how I feel on this subject. The thoroughbred was created by humans and not by God. Humans experimented with breeding different types of horses before they came up with the thoroughbred.

The bottomline is that horses were created as athletes, and when they were tailored to be athletes God made them equipped to be athletic on a natural surface.....look at the horses Billy the Kid used to ride out on 30 mph as his get-away vehicle in the old, Wild West days, and look at the Thoroughbred we have now.....they all have 4 legs and weigh about 1000 pounds and they all work or run over natural surfaces....

[TitanSooner]

we should just put ice around the track. Can't get more natural than that.

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

The bottomline is that horses were created as athletes, and when they were tailored to be athletes God made them equipped to be athletic on a natural surface.....look at the horses Billy the Kid used to ride out on 30 mph as his get-away vehicle in the old, Wild West days, and look at the Thoroughbred we have now.....they all have 4 legs and weigh about 1000 pounds and they all work or run over natural surfaces....

Horses werent created to be athletes--lol. The term athleteswasnt even used when they developed the thoroughbred. God didnt even create the thorughbred--humans did.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Horses werent created to be athletes--lol. The term athleteswasnt even used when they developed the thoroughbred. God didnt even create the thorughbred--humans did.

GOD CREATED HORSES TO BE WORK ANIMALS, NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BUT THEY HAVE WORKED FOR HUMANSD SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME....A THOROUGHBRED IS A HORSE.....PERIOD....

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

GOD CREATED HORSES TO BE WORK ANIMALS, NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BUT THEY HAVE WORKED FOR HUMANSD SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME....A THOROUGHBRED IS A HORSE.....PERIOD....

I agree, but the thoroughbred was created by humans. Human experimented until they discovered the thoroughbred. They wanted a horse that could go long distances with very little water. And I dont think God ever created horses to be work animals. I dont think God said hey let me create this animal so humans can stick a 5 foot person on him and whip him so people can gamble and make money. I also dont think that God said hey let me create this horses so people can find it easier to plow their fields, or to get to point A to point B faster. That is crazy.

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

GOD CREATED HORSES TO BE WORK ANIMALS, NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BUT THEY HAVE WORKED FOR HUMANSD SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME....A THOROUGHBRED IS A HORSE.....PERIOD....

I think I can change his mind... NOT.

[todko]

Poly is here to stay. The main sales pitch by TP/KEE (they are the same company) to other tracks has been reduced maintenance cost. Del-Mar bought into it long before a horse first raced on it in America. The pitch is that it saves tracks $500,000 or so in maintenance costs per year.

It's only recently, and after the Barbaro incident, that they came out with the "it's better for horses" pitch. And that's the hoopla they are telling the public. Face it, tracks never gave a crap about horses' health. In a lot of cases they did the utmost minimum to keep the surface safe.

The same ultra-rich who ran horse racing into the ground to begin with are behind poly. They really are oblivious to the bettor's wishes. They look at the bettor as a hopeless addict. They feel they can do as they please and the bettor will still bet. And maybe they're right.

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

The bottomline is that horses were created as athletes, and when they were tailored to be athletes God made them equipped to be athletic on a natural surface.....look at the horses Billy the Kid used to ride out on 30 mph as his get-away vehicle in the old, Wild West days, and look at the Thoroughbred we have now.....they all have 4 legs and weigh about 1000 pounds and they all work or run over natural surfaces....

Billy the Kid? He lived long enough back to ride Eohippus...

It is not fruitful to try to reason a man out of something he did not reason himself into.

- Jonathan Swift

I think this about sums up the history of horses by Cunningham. Pray to God that those genes align the right way, the gestation and environment of all your runners is perfect, and lets pray most races set up correctly to give you get a winner. I will. Seriously, I will.