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Originally Posted by The Bid
Whatever synthetic surface it is, its unfortunate that the game has regressed to the point where the animals cant handle a traditional dirt surface. I can understand a synthetic in a cold climate..... where it freezes, where dates are cancelled. I cannot understand why California wouldnt just tear up an unsafe track, and lay a new surface.
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It's not that the horses can't handle a traditional dirt surface. they just can't handle the terrible, rock-hard surfaces in California. I don't know if they necessarily needed to put in an artificial surface, but they definitely needed to put in new surfaces because the surfaces out here are terrible. Some are worse than others. Hollywood was the best of the three.
If they could have gotten someone who knows what they are doing to put in a good, safe dirt track, that would have been great. I would have had no problem with that. But something clearly needed to be done.