Re: Derby Conditions (438 Views)
Posted by:
TreadHead (IP Logged)
Date: May 05, 2022 01:22PM
It seems to me that sometime in the last 5 years the exact same thing happened, it rained all day Friday and they got over an inch of rain. I cannot remember if they took anything off the turf Friday or not.
Friday's impact seems clear, all dirt races full slop and any turf racing, should it occur, will be a soggy crap shoot.
Saturday much tougher to figure out. If it stops raining prior to noon, that track will be fast by Derby time, and the dirt will be worked all day and changing, which makes things very challenging on the early races. If they end up with over an inch of rain, the turf condition really depends on how this new track/drainage works, would have to think it will still be yielding and aberrant.