Re: Enough crying about Polytrack (459 Views)
Posted by:
marcus (IP Logged)
Date: July 26, 2007 08:22AM
Tough to pass on this thread ... A few points while Saratoga is warming up , and short of sounding redundant -
1 ) the new surfaces remind me of the AQU Inner track bias at times in reverse or inverted terms . IMO - Horses are perhaps running a bit faster on the front end than normal ( relatively speaking ) because of the surface , and to throw around a baseball analogy - " speed slows the game down " because those on the front end are often cooked coming down the stretch - like one of those slowly cooked hot dogs , sliced down the middle - the long way , that richiebee was mentioning not to long ago .
2 ) Question - Which turf course at Belmont gets torn up and transformed into a Dirt Surface so that the Main Track can be converted to Poly ?
3 ) The way I see it , Saratoga should not be exempt from Poly if is to actually be a boutique centerpiece for NY Racing
4 ) I'm not sure what to make of Poly one way or the other - except that it's another factor to deal with when handicapping .
marcus