Re: West Coast Offense (424 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: August 06, 2007 07:43AM
Chuck:
Some would say that NYRA had the first true synthetic surface-- the winterized
IDT aka the "Inner Tube".
I think having a synthetic surface and a conventional dirt surface at the same
facility would make easier the comparison/contrast of racing on the 2 surfaces
and thus would have some scientific value; NYRA is one of the only places where
this could be done.
Traditional dirt racing has already fallen victim, to an extent, to a Racing
office/horse population which seems to only be able to fill turf races; dirt
racing, especially at Belmont, is already becoming a novelty, the way turf
racing used to be.