i understand about the circut breaker and that no one wants to lose horses or lose money . most horses are fine off even worse patterns and as my limited experience spans , i wouldn't second guess the barn or anything .

while the debate on medication is ongoing and reform of some kind likely , they way i see it and in keeping with whats out there on the track , now seems a good time to look into the prospects of additional time off for race horses for certain type of drops in class or conditions ...

imo- race conditions modifications might help everyone overall and would be a small but valuable augmentation to the needed drug law upgrades in raising "level of quality" in the life of horses , horseracing and in perceptions about the Racing Industry by some of racing's worst critics ....

i've never heard anything bad about the racing surface on any track in ny , specially the winter track at aqueduct - it's an all weather surface , it won't freeze , drains well + pretty evenly , takes a beating and might have it's days but it's an early version of the synthetic track that is good for horses ...

marcus