Here is one "take" that I have not heard on the benefits of Poly racing at KEE (at least after viewing 2 Kee days). I have historically always been impressed with the purses, class of fields, etc (IE basically the racing at Keeneland), but always found myself disappointed with the lack of "exciting" dirt races. The reason being is that the track is historically speed favoring, many horses either love it or hate it, and you will frequently find a horse 5 lengths clear at the top of the stretch. The result was anticlimactic (unless of course you had % on the winner). There was typically a big "spread" between the winner, 2nd place finisher, etc compared to many other dirt tracks.
With just a few exceptions the past couple days (like Ginger Punch) it seems to me that the races are more exciting, a larger % of horses look to have a shot at the top of the stretch, etc. The Phoenix yesterday 2/3 of the field had a shot within the 1/4 pole.
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10-08-2006, 11:31 AM
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