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Originally Posted by Kasept
http://www2.whittierdailynews.com/sports/ci_9200513
John Shirreffs, a harsh critic of the synthetic surfaces, claims the reduction in catastrophic breakdowns during the afternoons is more than offset by the casualties during morning workouts. "And the horses that get hurt in the morning are the promising young horses," he said.
Said Melvin Stute: "I've had nine horses put down in 40 years, and five of them have been since the synthetics."
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I work everyday here at the tracks in So-Cali and this is the first I have heard of Mel having to put down 5 head since the synthetic tracks have been installed and we all know how things get around the track so Im inclined to think Mel might be fudging a little bit. Ill look into it further and ask some people who would know.