Re: West Coast Offense (510 Views)
Posted by:
fkach (IP Logged)
Date: August 05, 2007 08:29AM
I think this kind of thing was inevitable.
Personally, I don't have a problem with the addition of some artificial surfaces where the weather and/or safety issues are extreme enough to warrant some kind of action. I think this move in CA was idiotic though. If safety was an issue, they should have tried adding sand and a few other things before eliminating dirt racing from CA.
As far as I'm concerned, CA racing is totally irrelevant except on turf.
I don't care who wins the SA Handicap, Pacific Classic, SA Derby etc... anymore. All of those perforamances have to be taken with grain of salt when it comes to the Derby, Breeder's Cup, Eclipse Award considerations for dirt etc...
If you have a barn full of expensive horses bred for speed on dirt, you'd have to be a maniac to stay in California. IF NYRA (or whoever eventually) was smart, they would be rolling out the red carpet for the all the trainers and owners of high quality CA dirt stock to come east.