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Old 04-01-2007, 05:01 PM
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Man I hope Arlington plays out the same way. It's been very interesting to watch the new track being installed. What's amazing is the backtop/tar base.
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Old 04-01-2007, 05:24 PM
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Keeneland belongs to Hooves.. The Kentucky Killing Machine.

I'll focus on the Aqueduct main track/lawn and likely Hollywood... Will do KEE stakes and Saturday cards.
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Old 04-01-2007, 05:30 PM
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Man I hope Arlington plays out the same way. It's been very interesting to watch the new track beeing installed. What's amazing is the backtop/tar base.
I stopped by this morning to see it. Really weird sight. Like a fresh parking lot with a new shiny asphalt surface, but bumpy because of the rocks. I mean it was glistening.
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Old 04-01-2007, 05:32 PM
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I stopped by this morning to see it. Really weird sight. Like a fresh parking lot with a new shiny asphalt surface, but bumpy because of the rocks. I mean it was glistening.
I didn't see anything on the news or the site and when I pulled up on Friday after work and I saw the asphalt I couldn't believe it, I had to research it becuase I thought they were screwing it up.....
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Old 04-01-2007, 06:57 PM
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Was it really asphalt, or just road base, which is crushed, compacted limerock? This allows for drainage (water can percolate down through the limerock), which I guess is the reason why rain doesn't affect the surface.
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it was asphalt like they put on driveways or roads. There is a chunky rock base under that and it looks like they have to fill in about 2-3 feet ontop. They're already filling in with poly on the first turn.
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polytrack slideshow.

http://www.keeneland.com/news/mediak...slideshow7.asp
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Old 04-01-2007, 08:34 PM
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Thanks for that, Pais. It seemed very strange that they would use asphalt, but with 10 inches of poly-stuff on top of it, I guess it's safe.
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