Nice editorial

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

We're the main country for dirt racing, and we are wedded to it and refuse to change. Other countries run on a horses natural surface, turf. So it goes.

i think the fact that synthetic tracks have been installed means we aren't refusing to try, or to change.
however, how long does one stick with an experiment before deciding it's not working?
cali racing went into a decline, it continues to decline. the majority of horsemen have become vocal about the tracks being an issue. when the new tracks were first installed, you saw trainers ship in. that has dropped dramatically since people have decided those awt's just aren't what they want to deal with. field sizes there continue to shrink, with several days cancelled this year due to lack of entrants.

i don't see turfway changing back-in their case it seems the awt is working for them.

as for us going to all turf, turf tracks wouldn't hold up to the amount of racing we require.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i think the fact that synthetic tracks have been installed means we aren't refusing to try, or to change.
however, how long does one stick with an experiment before deciding it's not working?
cali racing went into a decline, it continues to decline. the majority of horsemen have become vocal about the tracks being an issue. when the new tracks were first installed, you saw trainers ship in. that has dropped dramatically since people have decided those awt's just aren't what they want to deal with. field sizes there continue to shrink, with several days cancelled this year due to lack of entrants.

i don't see turfway changing back-in their case it seems the awt is working for them.

as for us going to all turf, turf tracks wouldn't hold up to the amount of racing we require.

I agree with all you say. It would take a tremendous amount of land to install a great turf track facility in the US (a track would need multiple gallops, training areas, etc) and hold up to our use. It would be cool to see, though.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

I agree with all you say. It would take a tremendous amount of land to install a great turf track facility in the US (a track would need multiple gallops, training areas, etc) and hold up to our use. It would be cool to see, though.

i dont see anyone attempting that huge investment. ownership is down, expenses go up...and turf racing is an afterthought here for the most part..

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't see turfway changing back-in their case it seems the awt is working for them.

The track at Turfway has hardly been a huge success. The reason that you dont hear complaints about it is because pretty much no one cares about Turfway anymore.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The track at Turfway has hardly been a huge success. The reason that you dont hear complaints about it is because pretty much no one cares about Turfway anymore.

yeah, and their previous track was pretty bad wasn't it?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, and their previous track was pretty bad wasn't it?

It sucked too