as you have mentioned, the belmont surface is slower than it used to be because it now contains a higher % of sand. therefore, when it gets real wet, it tends favor the speed, as the wet sand does not slow things down like mud. the churchill surface as been getting faster over the past few years (at least on derby day). can i assume that the surface contins less sand than it used to, or does the crew just juice the track up on derby day? do you think the CD surface gets heavier when it gets a lot of rain?