Re: Rush to Resurface (483 Views)
Posted by:
bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: February 06, 2007 10:59PM
Tony,
Good question. As I said in my post, the reason that more races ae not contested on grass is that grass cannot stand up to the high volume of racing on U.S. tracks without being torn to shreds. That's why some meets in Europe only last a few days and the race cards are much shorter. The reason dirt tracks were invented was to allow almost limitless racing. The problem is that dirt is a lot harder on the horses' legs.
The advantage of Polytrack is that it's shock absorbing qualities and return of energy profile is very similar to grass but can stand up to to stress of high volume racing much better, so its easier on both the horses and itself as well as being as durable as dirt without all the maintenance that dirt requires.
Bob