Re: Great job - TG (430 Views)
Posted by:
fkach (IP Logged)
Date: July 21, 2007 10:36AM
>As to Del Mar poly, if you like racing that goes 2 to 3 seconds slower than normal, with horse wobbling/swerving from exhaustion to the wire, it's ok.<
Aside from the porential impact to breeding values (which rarely gets discussed) and the additional handicapping difficulties, this is my biggest complaint. The racing is ugly.
You don't see the same kind of speedy battles that test the depth of quality you see on dirt and you also don't see the spectacular late bursts of speed you often see on turf. A lot of the races are more even paced and dull.