Went to Polyway twice last week (Wednesday and Friday). The kickback is terrible. It's not quite as dusty as last year but it clots like hell. I saw horses 5-6 lenghts back just getting pounded by the clots/clumps of poly. The clots hit the horse and explode like smoke grenades. If you have TVG watch the top of the safety rail -- you can see the clumps of poly landing all over it.
I thought they had made some progress with the new mix (addition of spandex) but in cooler weather the track is a mess.
I routinely see horses come back that are agitated by the track -- snorting excessively. This has been going on since they installed the track. I brought up questions to Turfway management before the first race was ever run on that garbage. A blind man could see that there was going to be kickback issues. They won't address the issues and the racing press is no help either.
I just hope for a wicked winter here. The drainage system won't hold up. Water will pool under the track and freeze. So far they have lucked out and the track hasn't had a true winter test.
And by the way they canceled on Sunday. A mere 2 inches of snow and they canceled. Used the excuse that the "roads were bad". The roads couldn't have been too bad because they kept the simulcast open. And when the track was dirt they never canceled due to "bad roads". It's just a big cover up because the track has serious issues with winter weather. Real winter weather.
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