Del Mar... NO MORE POLYTRACK

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

When Joha wins the Canadian this weekend, it'll be worth more

Ateam,

When horses ship to Keeneland from Presque Isle, Turfway, Arlington, Woodbine, SoCal they have proven form over synthetic surfaces so I don't see that as randomness. When a horse ships in to Del Mar having proven success st Hollywood or GG, there's not much randomness there. The randomness at Keeneland, Del Mar, and Saratoga isn't the surface, its you have quality horses coming from all points to make the fields wide open

Once again don't mistake what I'm saying as being a total apologist for the surface, but there's room for both in US racing. And the safety numbers? They seem to back up synths

You're really comparing Keeneland's polytrack and the absurdity it produces to Saratoga? Come on. It's not because of the shippers, it's because that track is different than pretty much anything the shippers run on. There's no equation between one synth track to the next.

[pmayjr]

umm yeah I am. Boutique meets have big fields and wide open races because horses ship in from all over. It'll be true for Keeneland whether they have dirt or synth.

And some synth tracks act differently than others, but I'm still gonna take a horse in a synth race that has synth success at any other track over one that doesn't. The results do seem to carry over to different tracks. That's why the past few years you've seen Presque Isle shippers do very well at Keeneland. They have a proven record over another synthetic track.