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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
Isn't NYRA's ace in the hole, when it comes to taking all those races off the turf, that the course is just NOT SAFE (for horse and jock)? Your point seems to be that heavy European turf courses are safer than dirt. I would agree with you.
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i think they take them off once it gets too soft so it won't do damage to the track. we run meets for weeks at a time, the euros for the most part run boutique meets, don't they? so they can afford to run on whatever type of ground they have, since they don't have to worry about losing days of racing after.
i don't know that 'heavy euro courses' are safer, but a study i saw seemed to imply that turf racing in general is safest. i don't recall that there was a difference between our turf and theirs.
10-06-2009, 12:12 PM
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