Re: Polytrack and bounces/regressions (604 Views)
Posted by:
Michael D. (IP Logged)
Date: October 20, 2006 01:56PM
manning Wrote:
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> Michael D. Wrote:
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> > take a look at the Kee stakes race today. it
> > poured yesterday and they had to take the
> $125g
> > valley view off the turf. in the old days,
> this
> > race would have been scratched down to a few
> > horses. well, today, from the Kee web site:
> >
> >
> > Race 9
> > Race has been taken off the turf course and
> will
> > be run at 1 1/16 miles on the main track.
> >
> > No horses have been scratched.
> >
> > #11-Delmarva-Jockey change to John Jacinto
> > #13AE-Pure Incentive-Will run
> >
> > ....
> >
> > is this true - the race gets rained off and
> they
> > get MORE horses?
> >
> > anyway, if they keep a good mix of dirt,
> turf, and
> > poly, i just can't understand why any horse
> player
> > would be upset.
> >
>
>
>
> In the old days this race never would have come
> off the turf, would it? I, for one, have been
> disappointed with the number of turf races carded
> at KEE this meet (many days w/ only one race
> carded for turf) & I remember KEE being one
> place where they very rarely came off the grass,
> let alone a stks. Am I just mis-remembering
> because I haven't been able to get on board w/ the
> Poly....?
>
>
>
i'm not in lexington, so i'm not sure if this race would have come off in the past. fair point though, one has to consider the added likelihood of races being taken off the turf when discussing the issue.
let's keep an eye on the stats going forward.