Re: Synthetic Surfaces and New York Racing (444 Views)
Posted by:
imallin (IP Logged)
Date: July 26, 2007 09:51AM
Well, polytrack being NOT predictable means it has an added challenge.
To answer your question about the best horse winning, i'd say we're not sure. What i do feel is happening is that polytrack has made the ability to 'know the track' just as important as knowing which horses are good. I think bias and pace are vital to who wins. You go too fast, you're toast. On a conventional dirt track i've seen cheapies go 43 halfs and get nailed at the end, but hang on for the exacta or tri....on polytrack, if you go too fast, you're off the board...which is the way its supposed to be, right?
If there's a speed duel, the 'duelers' are both supposed to be out of the tri. If one of them HITS the tri or exa, that means the track carried them to a board spot. On polytrack, you're not going to get carried to the line on the conveyor belt.