Originally Posted by Danzig188

it let up at arlington later--the only change i recall them making there was the addition of pine shavings. and that after several consultants came and checked out the track and gave it a clean bill of health.

i recall reading several peoples theories that it had to do with the change of surface encountered by the horses...matter of fact, one guy blamed barbaros accident on running at churchill and then returning to fair hill to train up to the race. whether that's true or not, i don't know--i won't even try to debate that one, certainly no way of proving it. but it's certainly a line of reasoning i've seen from more than one person.