Arlington to install a synthetic surface

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by repent

Oh I doubt I am wrong about this.
I bet that by 2008 we will see ER episdoes on NBC where Chicago residents are being treated for polytrak inhalation suffered at Arlington Racetrack.


this is a terrible development.
at some point,
Im going to be reduced to playing just tracks that are too poor to afford a "$10 Million" investment.

cant believe AP is spending that kind of change on a freaking toxic form of fake dirt.


horses die.its part of racing and always has been.
you dont spend $10M to stop breakdowns.
just stupid.


Repent

according to this thinking maybe we should also not invest in new drugs or other medical reasearch. after all, people die, always have, always will.

so your objection to the stuff is based on the potential health risk to humans?
i'm sorry but if i were to make a list of toxic substances that come in contact with humans and are hazardous to human health, dust from race tracks would not even make the top one thousand.

tracks like Arlington are spending the money on the surface change because it makes good economic sense and its less stressful to the horses.