I agree about that Fri night exacta at Hol, that was low. I'm like, "Where's the rest of it"

You're right, obviously, other tracks, states and circuits have their problems. My post was in response to deb's post about nyra...if we want to open up a new thread criticizing everyone else, than by all means do so, i'd love to participate in that.

Funny you singled out Cerin(ge) and Mullins because i can tell you that these guys are 2 of the better trainers out there. They aren't just 'drug' guys.

Ask Jerry, he knows about Cerin's oxygen chamber and some other stuff he does that's on the up and up, so Vlado is a good trainer who's 'not just a drug guy'

If you want to make a list of 'paper trainers' Mullins and Cerin are not on that list. Not to say they don't take an edge, but they are good trainers also, not just 'edge' guys.

I'm not so sure giving ALL the So Cal tracks polytrack is a good idea. What happens when people decide that polytrack has cheapened the product and the 'spray' and decide they don't want to bet the races because the 'spray' will determine winners and losers.

I think that if you switch ALL the tracks in Cali to polytrack, there's going to be no 'allure' of difference. People might think it ruined Del Mar because it makes it too much like the other places.

Also, how is polytrack going to affect the races in the summer? Turfway ran their previous meet in the winter, so who knows how SA or DMR are going to react.

How are they going to keep water in the track at SA on one of those hot desert days w santa ana winds? If they water w 20 mins to post, the track will be bone dry at post time. Are they going to be watering up until 3 mins to post? Are the watertrucks going to be circling the horses who are warming up?

Time will tell. I think they were supposed to switch hollywood to Polytrack and see for a year how that experiment went before committing every track to this.