bay meadows cancels after 2 die
 

looks like a cry for polly.....somebody link it it up

http://drf.com/news/article/81262.html

jocks refused to ride the third...

Oh no! I really don't want to read about it. Now i know all so cal tracks have to have synthetic tracks by 2007. Are any of the No Cal tracks mandatory as well....?

thanks sts..

isn't it any track that runs more than 4 weeks at a time? which would eliminate the fair circuit tracks...or did I make that up in my own mind?

THe track was 3 inches deep in water, they should have never ridden the first two.

The one jockey said and I quote "it sounded like 2x4 breaking" WTF? Where do they find these guys? Thats a real dumbarse statement to make about it.

yeah, it is. when's the last time anyone heard a 2x4 break? me? never, and i used to do construction work.

I heard that SA is moving full-steam-ahead for their synthetic, as well as Del Mar, but haven't heard anything about Bay Meadows or Golden Gate. Anyone got info on this?

ALostTexan

.....One potential resolution, and one nobody wants to see, is the closing and development of Bay Meadows and Hollywood Park by the Bay Meadows Land Co., which owns the two tracks. The company has not made a commitment to race at Hollywood Park beyond 2008 and it wants to develop Bay Meadows before then.

the above is from a bloodhorse article. it doesn't sound to me that there willl be the monetary investment for poly at bay meadows. common sense would tell you that someone who wants to develop an area isn't going to sink millions of dollars into a venue it isn't interested in operating in its current form.

Golden Gate Fields recently announced that it plans to install Tapeta Footings with construction starting in May 2007.

that is also from a bloodhorse article.