Re: West Coast Offense (437 Views)
Posted by:
Bally Ache (IP Logged)
Date: August 06, 2007 11:01AM
Wasn't Bay Meadows already given an exemption? Couldn't they be given another if they decided they wanted to remain in business?
The idea that Del Mar, of all places, needs an artificial surface is ludicrous. It has yet to be proven that artificial surfaces will prevent breakdowns. This is what the proponents hang their hats on in the face of something that is looking more and more like a fiasco. All of a sudden they're all animal lovers.
Tracks rushed headlong into this as if it were a given that this was THE solution. Del Mar and Keeneland. which have a reputation as first rate tracks to preserve, will insist that this is okay and everybody likes it right up until the day they make the announcement they're taking it out.