Re: Rush to Resurface (628 Views)
Posted by:
Bull (IP Logged)
Date: February 06, 2007 01:45AM
I am not a track superintendant, so I could be wrong..... but I find it really odd that Turfway needed to "restructure" the composition of the polytrack in the first place. Trainers saying that the new poly tends to create..... "potentially hazardous conditions for horses and jockeys, especially during wet and colder weather", pretty much stops the train at the tracks for me. The only kind of weather you are going to have in Northern Kentucky in the winter is "wet and colder". Wasn't the whole point of the polytrack to reduce breakdowns and create a safer, more raceable surface in extreme conditions? The old polytrack seemed to be doing its job. Why tinker with it at all? They needed to speed the track up??? I guess there weren't enough horses winning on the lead LOL. We wonder why the drug problems, "after the bell" wagering problems, and takeout issues continue to go unresolved. Look at what the higher ups are spending their time doing. There are so many things in racing that need fixing, why are people wasting their time on something that was not broken.
-Bull