Del Mar surface question cancels a.m. training

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by Honu

This is the first year since 1999 that I have been coming to Del Mar that not ONE horse has been hauled off in the morning or afternoon. We were here the first day the main track opened and the track has been very safe everyday. Whatever caused the glitch this morning Im sure will be figured out as Mr Tedesco seems to be doing a pretty good job so far keeping the horses and riders safe.

How very True everyone seems to forget how bad the surface was there.

[Merlinsky]

Is John Shirreffs any closer to being in or out of love with the surface for Zenyatta?

[Alan07]

Won't be the only time they have to cancel something.

[Arletta]

Whats Baffert saying?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Friend him on Fagbook. He posts there.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Round Pen

How very True everyone seems to forget how bad the surface was there.

whats your point?....it still is.....instead of fixing the problem . they went out and got sold a worthless bunch of garbage for millions of dollars. have you heard of these problems being even close to this concerning a real dirt track? because i have not. i still remember the debacle at the other track (SA). the damn thing was screwed up for most of a meet....yet you still have morons that support these surfaces.....forget about..."where turf meets the surf"....its more like....."where the fake dirt sinks into the surf"......lol. then they sit there and wonder why no one wants to race there. i heard rail trip is leaving now....whats their older handicap division look like now?....a bunch of 50 claimers.....lol.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

whats your point?....it still is.....instead of fixing the problem . they went out and got sold a worthless bunch of garbage for millions of dollars. have you heard of these problems being even close to this concerning a real dirt track? because i have not. i still remember the debacle at the other track (SA). the damn thing was screwed up for most of a meet....yet you still have morons that support these surfaces.....forget about..."where turf meets the surf"....its more like....."where the fake dirt sinks into the surf"......lol. then they sit there and wonder why no one wants to race there. i heard rail trip is leaving now....whats their older handicap division look like now?....a bunch of 50 claimers.....lol.

Wow, get it all out ??????? It is not moronic to not see horses dying in the morning or the afternoon. I worked horses over the track today, they traveled fine and as far as I have seen the races have been without incident and morning workouts for that matter. This is the first time in over 10 years(including the dirt and synthetic track) that not one horse has died in training or racing.

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by Honu

Wow, get it all out ??????? It is not moronic to not see horses dying in the morning or the afternoon. I worked horses over the track today, they traveled fine and as far as I have seen the races have been without incident and morning workouts for that matter. This is the first time in over 10 years(including the dirt and synthetic track) that not one horse has died in training or racing.

Obviously He was not around when Delmar was still a dirt track, without Question it was one of the worst dirt tracks anywhere, Honu I feel certain You know this too, but when It was a dirt track it was a daily thing when a horse would break down in the AM or during the Races. I swear I think I can Remember 1 Year when it seemed like Someone was being Put down Everyday for a couple of weeks in a row.