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![]() They really don't even need Polytrack at Hollywood. The track is pretty good there. The place they really need it is at Santa Anita. The track is terrible there. They've been having a lot of problems there. The track is so bad there and so many horses have been getting hurt, that they are going to close it for 2 weeks and do a bunch of tests to try to figure out what is wrong. They're going to check the base to see if there's a problem with the base. They think there could be holes in the base and that is what is causing the problems. I wish they'd put the polytrack at Santa Anita right now. They should leave Hollywood alone.
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![]() Polytrack is a brand name. Not all copy machines are made by Xerox. Not all tissues are made by Kleenex. Not all sugary carbonated drinks are made by Coke. Not all artificial racing surfaces are made by Polytrack.
Hollywood Park is installing a new surface. Call it an artificial surface. Call if by it's brand name which is Cushiontrack. Call it Bob for all I care. It isn't Polytrack. Last edited by chromer : 07-16-2006 at 05:03 PM. |
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![]() I'll call it "I'll never bet a damn dime on it Track" . This $hit will be the start of the end of horse racing and the breeding sheds mark my words.
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Racing dates are not owned by the tracks. They are assigned by the state. Hollywood Park's dates are desired by Magna (who owns Santa Anita), the Los Angeles County Racing Association (who runs the Fairplex meet at Pomona and wants to expand that track if HP closes), and a private group that wants to expand Los Alimito's racetrack south of Los Angeles to accomadate more t-bred racing (also if HP closes). The current owners of HP saw that the state would likely mandate synthetic surfaces. They were the first in line for a synthetic surface because they could see the writing on the wall. Unless they wanted to risk losing racing dates to a potential competitor, they would need to show their committment to racing by installing the synthetic surface. The good news (at least if you want to see racing continue at HP) is that Bay Meadows Developement is commited enough to continued racing to make the investment. |
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![]() It is also an effort to get owners across the nation to ship and race in California. The purse money is already here and now the notion of we don't want to race on those hard tracks in California is a thing of the past. Dislike California all you want , but the fact is you are seeing the future of horse racing. Artificial racing surfaces are here.
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![]() No I'm saying noone will pay top dollar for a horse unproven on this $hit over time. Half of the tracks will be Poly and the other half will be dirt. Give a dirt track over the others anysay of the week. We've been over this a 1,000 times. What ever floats your boat people. I just know that people who bet lots ans lots of cash hate this $hit. Now you'll be getting less bang for your buck and so will the track. If Turway wans't so damn lazy and actually took care of the track they'd have less breakdowns IMOP. I'll just keep betting tracks who have a good track like Lone Star, Belmont, Churchill, Gulfstream, Oaklawn and Toga. The hell with the rest of them with that Poly Bull****. Patrick B had a nice 2yearold training over the Turfway track turning bullet after bullet on the Poly runs up the track so far at Churchill it isn't even funny. just like Lawyer Ron ran up the track at Turfway others will follow.
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![]() It is the future of horse racing and we'll just have to deal with it. It may not be the ultimate solution to horse health but it's in the right direction, imo.
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Lawyer Ron won at Keeneland, how can you say he didn't fair well and also, he ran at turf at Churchill, not his preferred surface. There's no rhyme or reason to poly track, the numbers and figures are all over the place, it's pure garbage and the racing in Kentucky sucks... |