Re: Synthetic Surfaces and New York Racing (471 Views)
Posted by:
fkach (IP Logged)
Date: July 25, 2007 04:11PM
>I just question whether poly really is the panacea for "safer racing" that the industry is selling it as. Or is it a quick fix/patch that won't stop the problem and scares away at least some of the bettors that fuel the financial side of this sport.<
It's both.
No one wants to be the first to make the decision that racing must be drug free the way it is for most of the rest of the world. So they found a way to continue abusing the horses with drugs and still reduce the breakdowns. In the mean time, we (the players) get stuck with an ugly cross between dirt and turf racing that lacks both the brilliant speed of high quality dirt racing and furious finishes of high class turf racing. It might be possible to beat the new game by indentifying the best even-paced plodder, but they are never going to get me to go to DelMar to watch this crap racing again.