SA Fixing Track....Again

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Overall, Vienna said the members of his organization are pleased with the surface, which was installed in late November and early December and used for the first time during racing beginning Dec. 26. The track has played extremely fast, with track records at six, 6 1/2 and seven furlongs.

Vienna described the surface “as an improvement” over the preceding synthetic track but acknowledged that there are concerns that the surface favors front-runners.

“You need a track that is safe and a track that is fair to all runners,” he said. “A horse shouldn’t sustain a detriment because of a style of racing.”

Wow - what a great quote "a horse shouldn't sustain a detriment because of a style of running"

I wonder if he also added "no person in this world should ever go hungry"

In an effort to make the Churchill Downs track "fair" - they made the rail dead for the Breeders Cup.

The Thoro-Graph people probably recognize only about 30 to 40 cards a year - from several thousand - as dead rail days. Major props to Churchill Downs for getting recognized as having a dead rail on Kentucky Oaks day, Kentucky Derby day, and Breeders Cup Classic day. A man-made dead rail on the biggest racing days of the year is a truly wonderful accomplishment.