Re: Del Mar Blues (531 Views)
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TMW (IP Logged)
Date: July 27, 2014 12:20PM
The new turf course was expanded to allow for larger fields. It was done to get the BC for 2017. Problem is there is very little grown grass so the horses are essentially running on hard dirt that cannot be manicured. Harper says they will aerate the grass (or actually dirt since there is little grass) to slow the surface down. Of course, that will probably cause an uneven surface and create more problems.
Harper says the surface is safe and quotes Mike Smith as saying so. BS. When they do resume "turf" racing, I expect very small fields. A shame and I remember the old days when you would handicap for closers on the grass at the beginning of the meet when the grass was long and adjust your handicapping later in the meet for speed as the grass wore down. Those days are long gone.
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