Re: Polytrack and bounces/regressions (676 Views)
Posted by:
NoCarolinaTony (IP Logged)
Date: October 09, 2006 04:46PM
What I thought I saw over the weekend at Kee is that the races were run very similarly to turf races in style, with jockeys all wanting to let th other guy take the lead, so you get a winner Asi Siempre (turf horse) beating the likes of Happy Ticket and Spun Sugar closing with an explosive move, But sires like Trippi were winning as were Gone West lineage. They only had 1 wire to wire winner at Kee over the weekend on Poly and that horse had such a class edge over the field.
I would say that you can bet them like any other race, and that you cannot form an opinion on turf vs dirt sires or runner quite yet over the surface. Ive seen it go both ways. Dirt Horses beating good turf horses and good turf horses beating dirt horses. YOu can probably say you will see more turf horses win over this surface than traditional dirt.
NC Tony