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Originally Posted by oracle80
Geez Johnny V got injured on a horse that broke down on the grass after it won. Landseer and Funfair have gone down in big races as well. Horses were bred for dirt and grass. Its a marketing scheme, nothing more or less,
They could make surfaces deeper like the Oklahoma track in Saratoga. Trainers love it. I gues my question is if its the surface alone breaking down teh horses, then why all the turf breakdowns?
Whats next, marketing company gonna come up with polyturf? Green ground up tires coated with green wax?
Horses dont fire on it, ask a few top trainers about that. The Oaks winner spun her wheels on it badly in a minorstakes race. Lawyer Ron would have been a claimer had he stayed on it. Soi we should just dismiss all the talented runners and say screw it and run on the tires?
name one horse who has made an impact on dirt racing after racing on polytrack and replicated the form? You cant just replace dirt with something that bears no resemblance to it in form or reality whatsoever.
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I agree with this. Other tracks need to look at dirt track surfaces such as Pimlico to see how breakdowns can be prevented instead of polytrack. I'm all for safety, but I don't think that polytrack is the way to go. Pimlico's racing surface is extremely safe. Barbaro was the first horse of the meet to break down there. Let's face it. Horses run and they get hurt. I've had horses come in with injuries from just romping around the pastures. You can't prevent all of the breakdowns in horse racing, but if the horses are managed right, and not racing on speedways, then you can limit them.