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Originally Posted by cmorioles
At Delmar, having speed is a significant disadvantage. It is still a contest of some sort, but I wouldn't really call them races.
Despite my dislike of this polytrack, I'm all for the safety of horses. But there has to be a better way than this. A lot of people are comparing it to turf racing. There are some similarities, but in general, turf is almost always FASTER than dirt. This stuff is much, much slower and the races are almost painful to watch.
Who ever dreamed a G2 sprint for older horses in SoCal would have a 24+ second first quarter?
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I'm curious, what is the big deal if the surface causes the time to be a bit slower? I see many people all up in arms about the final times and I don't get that. Its a very unimportant part of the game to me.