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Originally Posted by Cardus

Before synthetic surfaces were used, was there an outcry every year for "sporting" people to move their horses from dirt to turf and vice versa at the top level of the game? Not to my knowledge. Why? They are different surfaces and very, very rarely is a horse suited for more than one surface.

There is no difference between a trainer declining to run a dominant dirt horse on turf and declining to run a dominant dirt horse on a synthetic surface.

To me, this is a simple concept.

I don't begrudge any owner or trainer for refusing to run a dominant dirt horse on a synthetic surface.