Good idea.

The drawbacks: Belmont (part of it) would have to be enclosed and climate controlled. Larger drawback you are displacing about 1200 horses.

Its great to know that after FOUR DAYS AT LATONIA, POLYTRACK is the answer to all that ills racing. Short fields due to weather related scratches. In the back of our minds we somehow think this surface can make us more profitable as handicappers. Horses will all of a sudden become sounder (they just BOUNCE off the surface, I've heard it said... interesting choice of words considering the forum). How will horses react when returning to conventional surfaces? The Dr. Alldays will be relegated to small animal veterinary practice in Westchester.

I'd like to see a more extensive sample before we stamp PTRACK as the genuine article. If it can save racing, I will carpet my home with it.

I knew I would react like this and tried to restrain myself. Read the news .. racing facilities are at risk all over the country. We would probably be better off without some of them, but there is a lot of history in Maryland, at Hollywood, at Bay Meadows, and certainly at Aqueduct.

Probably a better idea to replace the Inner Tube with PTRACK. I don't know how many more years slots would be delayed if they were to be switched to Belmont, but New York State needs to have slots in place... somewhere... when the bidding starts for the Racing franchise sometime in 07.