it let up at arlington later--the only change i recall them making there was the addition of pine shavings. and that after several consultants came and checked out the track and gave it a clean bill of health.

i recall reading several peoples theories that it had to do with the change of surface encountered by the horses...matter of fact, one guy blamed barbaros accident on running at churchill and then returning to fair hill to train up to the race. whether that's true or not, i don't know--i won't even try to debate that one, certainly no way of proving it. but it's certainly a line of reasoning i've seen from more than one person.

I could see how one could come about with that reason. I know how I feel running on different surfaces, so I am sure a horse gets use to one and when it's run on a different surface it has to have some kind of affect on it. That's my question about Poly - is it really a good idea to train on it if you plan on shipping to a dirt track to race on?

well.....dunno.

see, lava man runs well on both. but i think everyone knows what happens when you try to make hard and fast rules--especially when it comes to horse racing.

oh wait. hello. lava man, grandson of slew. maybe slew-lines will like that polycrap garbage.

i would think tho that you would have to do better if you train where you would run. but again, you can't make a rule for everyone. some horses ship well, some adapt well. thing is, lava man again--supposedly he can't ship, but he seems to adapt well to differing surfaces. so why would the problem be in the shipping?

ok
too many thoughts going on now, and it's past my bedtime.