Jerry,

Someone in the race office is trying to see if they can get me a copy of the ongoing posted sheet showing the cushion depth each day from back when to present.

I have two other sources which seem to indicate that during the past nine months on 8 occasions(at 5 different major tracks), the surface was faster than normal on big race days.Even considering that on big race days we see the fastest horses, there would seem to be reason to believe that the surface was scraped, purely from the raw times w/wind.


Your comments regarding tracks generally trying to keep surfaces slower is confirmed by several people with knowledge of racing surfaces around the country(California tracks may be the exception)

In any event,if I can get this all together and cull it to posting size, we should be able to have a meaningful discussion analyzing the data as it relates to your figs and horses getting much faster.



miff