[quote=zippyneedsawin]The tires favor horses who lope one paced, I think thats obvious. If a horse has high early speed or a huge burst of acceleration, they are screwed. And since most if not all good dirt horses are good because they posess one of those two traits it pretty much dooms them.
CQ wasn't even 2nd best there, the third horse was(he had a much tougher trip). I'm no action expert, but if you think CQ was running like he had in his previous three I have soem real estate in the everglades that will be right up your alley.
This past weekend's Poly stakes were pretty funny. I wonder how often Asi Siempre would beat happy and spun on dirt? How about Kelly's landing suddenly becoming "great" after two just awful efforts? Then of course there was the maiden who won the opening day stakes race.
Trainers may try it, but they sure as hell aren't gonna run back on it with horses who don't like it.