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Old 07-22-2009, 12:04 PM
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now they bring up 'other factors'? i don't recall any of that being mentioned when the rush was made to poly to begin with..
you never do...some good parallels to what is going on with other rush to pass legislation.
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Old 07-22-2009, 12:36 PM
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The funny thing to me is that none of those things mentioned were factors when Turfway first went to fake dirt. It was because of the days lost to bad weather.
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Old 07-22-2009, 12:46 PM
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The funny thing to me is that none of those things mentioned were factors when Turfway first went to fake dirt. It was because of the days lost to bad weather.
Isn't it successful for Turfway, thats a place where it legititmately is working, is it not?
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Is Poly considered a success or failure at Keeneland?
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Old 07-22-2009, 01:08 PM
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Is Poly considered a success or failure at Keeneland?
Like most things, depends on who you ask.
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Old 07-22-2009, 01:25 PM
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Like most things, depends on who you ask.
As an expert on the subject, what is your opinion?
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Old 07-22-2009, 01:32 PM
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As an expert on the subject, what is your opinion?
I am pretty neutral on Keeneland. I dont know if the handle numbers would be down less or more or be the same if they had a dirt track. Field size is still pretty good and the meets are so short and lucrative that it is a different situation than other tracks. Not to mention that Keeneland owns the American rights to polytrack so all information coming from them will be slanted. I do know guys like Zito hardly ever run there now and some players that dont bet the nonturf races but the old track was really bad and almost completely biased. Turfway sucks regardless of surface.
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They definitely needed to do something at the time. The track surfaces were dangerous. In hindsight, they should have simply mandated that all the tracks put in a new base. Most of those tracks had had the same base for 40 or 50 years and there were holes in them. They would have been better off just putting in a new base and having regular dirt on top.

If some of the tracks wanted to put in synthetic, that would have been fine. It should have been up to them. I don't think synthetic is a failure everywhere. I think it has worked pretty well at some of the tracks in other states. I think it's been pretty successful at Arlington.
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Isn't it successful for Turfway, thats a place where it legititmately is working, is it not?
Didn't Turfway install it so they wouldn't have to cancel so many racing days because of bad weather?
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you never do...some good parallels to what is going on with other rush to pass legislation.

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