In my opinion the surface right now is unplayable as a handicapper. There is nothing consistent on how it plays day to day. I don't know if it is the weather or the maintenance or other but they can't seem to put together a consistent playing surface. Every track has moderate changes in bias but nothing as extreme as SA. Del Mar may not have been a "fair" track but at least it was consistent and betable. I am not anti-synthetic either, I am just anti-whatever crap surface is down right now.
Thank god Shapiro is willing to be open to dirt because there aren't a lot of options out there. Cushion track is obviously out. I would be shocked if they put Polytrack down after what they dealt with at Del Mar. I don't know if you can make an accurate assessment of Pro Ride based on the current surface but the current track is obviously crap if they are going to pull it out. I guess they are left with Tapeta, Pro Ride and dirt.
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