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Originally Posted by Scav
Tampa has surface pretty close to Calder IMO, Bigs, who lives there, will know exactly.
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Scavy is correct.
They are fairly close and actually Tampa used to be deeper, but not so much the last 3 or so years. Doesn't mean that horses that love Calder automatically love Tampa. There are horses that love Tampa and hate Calder or vice versa. Mainly, it is the drop down in class that gets the CRC shippers home.
CRC shippers used to win a majority of the races at Tampa the first couple weeks, but I don't see it so much the last couple years. I'm finding the trainer angles being stronger than what track they last raced at as being the strongest factor. The other huge angle (as it is with most tracks) is the horse for the course. If they have had past success at Tampa, they will surely improve their form upon their return.
I know this doesn't help, but that's what I am seeing.