Santa Anita Surface
 

The story keeps changing. Here was the news as of 4 days ago:

http://www.drf.com/news/article/94859.html


The news today has totally changed:

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/45447.htm

>>>“I’m recommending removing the surface and putting in a brand new base,” he said. “The options (for replacement) would be a porous asphalt base or a specialized grid layer.”<<<

If they did that at every track thinking about going to poly, there'd be no need for poly....

i don't think the story totally changed.

what i read is they intend to keep the current surface but have decided to replace the asphalt layer below that wasn't draining properly.

it'll be the same surface with a different base.

what i wonder about is if the problem with drainage was the asphalt, how did the pro-ride compound they added resolve anything?

I dont know for sure but I would guess that the drain has been clogged by the material that Cushion track had put down , a very fine sand that has prevented the system for working properly.

this is exactly why I don't like using porous asphalt, its difficult to install and if not done right, or a few glitches here are there it does not drain.