Do we need something like this here?

[parsixfarms]

I don't know how the ratings would be incorporated with the current hard-firm-good-yielding-soft system that we use here, but anything that would more accurately reflect turf condition, especially after a day in which it rained would be a big help to the wagering public. I use the Preakness card this year as an example. They listed the course as "good" but the very slow times from the Gallorette and Dixie suggested that the course, in reality, was a bog. Labeling that course as "good" was a disservice to those betting that card.