ctc2 , how about - " chuckles of arabia " ? - just kidding and metaphorically speaking of course ... i do appreciate the animus position on the new surfaces though . it does seem that a "philosophical" approach is being taken and we are being asked to take alot on "faith" - i'm still relatively new to racing but i can guess what this amount's too ...

a couple of my "personal" hopes for new york racing is that they ; don't basically erase an institutional memory of racing at the executive level of racing mngmnt and ; don't ignore the one problem with medication and screw up the other with track surfaces . but i don't see that happening here unless temperance suddenly becomes an undervaluded commodity in this state .

just for conversation sake , imo nyra has done as good as realistically can be expected under the circumstances and a good job appears to have been done with the winter racing surface at aqueduct - and they don't seem to be afraid to cancell a race card due to inclement weather or dicey conditions which i belive would have moderated some of the downside of the newly installed racing surfaces that woodbine and turfway are experiencing .



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 02/25/2007 02:36PM by marcus.