All Weather track thought could this work

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Would make handicapping impossible. . .

Why?

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Why?

With all the surface switches. . .

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

With all the surface switches. . .

It would have to be a lot simpler but it wouldn't be any different than it is now. Just set it so all off the turf races go to the synthetic. Dirt stays on the dirt.

Personally I would much rather bet a race on the turf and then have it moved to the synthetic than onto the dirt.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

It would have to be a lot simpler but it wouldn't be any different than it is now. Just set it so all off the turf races go to the synthetic. Dirt stays on the dirt.

Personally I would much rather bet a race on the turf and then have it moved to the synthetic than onto the dirt.

Not for off the turf and stuff like that - that would be easier - but for horses who raced on one surface and are switching to another. It's bad enough trying to cap horses going between Churchill and Keeneland. The three surfaces at one track would get VERY confusing. It's not that bad of an idea - but it would suck for us handicappers.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Not for off the turf and stuff like that - that would be easier - but for horses who raced on one surface and are switching to another. It's bad enough trying to cap horses going between Churchill and Keeneland. The three surfaces at one track would get VERY confusing. It's not that bad of an idea - but it would suck for us handicappers.

I really don't think it would be as bad as you think. Personally I love to handicap and bet a race where a horse is moving from dirt to synthetic or synthetic to dirt and has nothing to suggest they will do well with the transition. And I'd be a million times more happy with a multi-race wager in bad weather if I knew that in the worst case that they would move the turf race to a synthetic instead of the dirt. I think it could be more of a benefit to handicappers than they want to realize. Joey wants to be stubborn with his "I choose to not bet these AWT surfaces" but at the same time he's a very good capper that could totally capitalize off of these surface changes where many others can't.

Ultimately though, it all comes down to if there is a demand for synthetics then I would much rather see the trend be to have all three surfaces at one track than the joke scenario now at so many places where they only have a turf and synthetic turf course.