Santa Anita not racing Saturday?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Rupe, if the CHRB/SA are dumb enough to tear that track out and install another Polytrack they are out of their minds. With the rate of breakdowns at GG, the least they can do is lay the dirt and wait to see if the tracks can be tweaked where performance is acceptable. Carnival of fools.

I can't comment on Golden Gate because I haven't heard anything. But I don't see any reason why they wouldn't put in another synthetic surface at Santa Anita. I know there have been problems with synthetic surfaces at some places but overall I think the pros outweigh the cons.

I think the track at Keeneland is a huge improvement over the old track. I think Hollywood's track is a huge improvement. Chuck says that Turfway is a huge improvement. I'm not crazy about Del Mar. I think it's much safer than the old surface but I think it's way too slow and many horses don't seem to like it. In addition, it's very hard to handicap. I hope they can slightly tweak it for this year's meet and at least speed it up a little.

Now just because these new synthetic surfaces were a big improvement to the old tracks, that's not to say that a new, natural dirt surface wouldn't have been just as big of an improvement. I really don't know the answer to that.