Things I've heard and seen so far up here

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Well all I know is the jocks that ride regulary on the stuff love it. Lep likes it and he actually rode the horse i used to own part of. I think it is something a jock has to get used to before they can decide how to ride. Just like anything new, it will take some time to get used to.

I imagine thats true. Leparoux could ride on broken beer bottles and win races. Hes living proof that a rider who is smart and reads biases and places himself in the right spots can be very successful without being strong. Kid just makes the right moves most of the time. Hes talented.

Originally Posted by oracle80

I imagine thats true. Leparoux could ride on broken beer bottles and win races. Hes living proof that a rider who is smart and reads biases and places himself in the right spots can be very successful without being strong. Kid just makes the right moves most of the time. Hes talented.

Lep is actually a pleasure to talk to after a race. He gives a great explenation of what happened in the race, how the horse felt etc etc. He is just fabulous from all angles.

The top trainers this spring at Keeneland (Pletcher, McGaughey, Zito, Matz with Barbaro) all used the training track over the main, I have never seen the maintrack so quiet before- everyone was busy on the ploy track.

Originally Posted by Salicon

The top trainers this spring at Keeneland (Pletcher, McGaughey, Zito, Matz with Barbaro) all used the training track over the main, I have never seen the maintrack so quiet before- everyone was busy on the ploy track.

Trainers from the bottom to the top love training on the surface. Turfway is PACKED full with top trainers horses. Mott, Pletcher, Romans, Asmussen, etc etc all have horses at Turfway this summer.

[sumitas]

and i read they are tweeking the surface at Turfway to curtail some of that kick back...the bigest thing i see are the Turfway numbers of fatalities way down after installing ploy...that carries a lot of weight. we'll take a close look at Keeneland this fall.