Santa Anita Cushion track claims it's first victim

[paisjpq]

call it the track or whatever but any time a horse breaks down it sucks....this one especially for me since I knew him as a baby.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

call it the track or whatever but any time a horse breaks down it sucks....this one especially for me since I knew him as a baby.

Sorry to hear that. I don't like the synthetics but will never understand the efforts people are going to here to make such a huge deal out of every breakdown on them.

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Sorry to hear that. I don't like the synthetics but will never understand the efforts people are going to here to make such a huge deal out of every breakdown on them.

I think it's more than that if the injury numbers are comparable to dirt racing at Santa Anita last year then we have quite a little problem here or 10 million poorly spent When the first workouts started coming back as a little fast I thought there might be an issue.

"The works in the morning have been a little quick," said Mike Harlow, Oak Tree's Director of Racing, " Bloodhorse

To me this translates into trouble if the surface is failing to deaden impact and slow times somewhat. We might have a bigger story than you think.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by docicu3

I think it's more than that if the injury numbers are comparable to dirt racing at Santa Anita last year then we have quite a little problem here or 10 million poorly spent When the first workouts started coming back as a little fast I thought there might be an issue.

"The works in the morning have been a little quick," said Mike Harlow, Oak Tree's Director of Racing, " Bloodhorse

To me this translates into trouble if the surface is failing to deaden impact and slow times somewhat. We might have a bigger story than you think.

Santa Anita may be playing with the surface a bit too much in an effort to keep a speed favoring track. We will see.

[The Bid]

When you have a quarter inch of standing water on an all weather track after 1 rain, you have a major issue. ESPECIALLY when the track is uneven.

[theiman]

Originally Posted by The Bid

When you have a quarter inch of standing water on an all weather track after 1 rain, you have a major issue. ESPECIALLY when the track is uneven.

That was 1000% correct.
I was watching the SA cam on Saturday, when it rained in LA area, and was amazed that the entire rail area(paths 1 and 2) and a big chunk of the 7-8 path in the stretch were full of water.
The horses were working off the rail and still flying but you could see the splashing as if a little kid was jumping in puddles.

Then Sundays works were much slower than any other day in the past three weeks. Many horsemen complained of an uneven track.

It was almost like they didnt install the drainage system at SA.

Supposedly HP did not have any of the problems that SA had, and the # of workers and times of the works did not alter much.

[TitanSooner]

1. California has FORCED those tracks to change to synthetic surfaces.
2. Everybody continually bitched about how SLOW the times were at Del Mar and what a joke the races were.
3. Everybody is bitching about how FAST the surface is at Santa Anita.

I liked dirt as much as the next guy (or girl).. but what can we do?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Sorry to hear that. I don't like the synthetics but will never understand the efforts people are going to here to make such a huge deal out of every breakdown on them.

i agree. certainly wasn't this much attention dedicated to every breakdown when we only had two surfaces.
as for the money spent, it didn't come out of my pocket. as for the track, hopefully they will work at fixing any problems immediately, rather than waiting til meets end like del mar.
hollywood seemingly had no problems, perhaps everyone should be in touch with them.