colt Wrote:
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>As for the polyquack surface at DMR - I hate it!
> Southern-Cal racing use to be so beautiful - find
> the best horse...go to the lead...back the Brinks
> truck up and do it all over again the next day.


I find it a little amusing that people are blasting Polytrack, yet some feel "beautiful" racing is watching 1 speedball after another go wire to wire. As a longtine California fan, I found this more than a little boring.....and I doubt you were backing up the Brinks truck daily Colt.

In regards to Miffs' staggering home comments, thats a little dramatic. Miff, do you think 10K claimers running 1.08/1.09 and change is a good thing?? Why.....because the track is carrying them home the last 1/8 when by all rights they should be staggering home??

My buddies and I flew in for the first week of Del Mar. Using TG, we didn't have any problems picking winners (BTW, Vauquelin was a gift opening day..thanks JB). I didn't mind the new surface at all. I liked looking for horses that didn't have to be speedballs. As for horses staggering home....those horses weren't good enough to finish. If you were referring to winners staggering home...maybe frontrunners were getting a little tired (Sneaky Jack was a painful loss Friday) but winners were not staggering home. The track was slower, not the horses. I had a successful week at Del MAr by picking my spots with TG and jumping in.

Synthetic surfaces are here to stay. Instead of whining and moaning about it, adapt and find a way to win.

P-Dub