Re: Synthetic Surfaces and New York Racing (504 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: July 23, 2007 10:55PM
Richiebee,
I am surprised at your post. Synthetic surfaces on top of the other two? Have you been betting the synthetic tracks? Keenland was ridiculous. For most of that meet, the wider you were, the further back you were, the better your chance of winning. Hollywood played similarly early on, then speed got better later in the meet. Woodbine is unpredictable. Many "shrew bettors" (not an oxymoron) I know are not betting any synthetic tracks. Did you catch Delmar last week? I saw more rerallies by tired horses in 3 days than I had seen in the last 30 days.
I for one, refuse to bet any synthetic tracks. I only hope that others do the same and if the handle goes down, maybe the tracks think harder about making synthetic tracks the standard. Are they really that much safer?