NY Horsemen critical of racing surfaces

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by Kasept

This isn't a knocking of NYRA. It's a serious problem with Passero who is a hazard that needs to be dispatched. These are legitimate complaints, and some of it came to a head yesterday with the track having been sealed Thursday in anticipation of heavy rain that never arrived. The resultant surface for Friday's racing was a paved highway.

Passero is a farce who is constantly tinkering with the track.. gleefully harrowing the wrong way; scraping and depositing dirt wherever he wants; sealing unnecessarily; watering indiscriminately, etc..

almost makes you wonder if he is setting the track up for a horse that he wants to bet with a certain runnng style.

His competition is on the rail.. turn it to quick sand
The competition has an early turn of foot.. groom the surface for a closer...

or if you're clueless seal it every chance you get.