Interesting track condition for today

[wonatthewire1]

NJ Bets is showing HOO turf as "dead"

They don't have turf there, but interesting nonetheless

Hoosier Park RACE 1

Wednesday, September 10, 2008Track Condition:Fast
Turf Condition - Dead

RACE #1 Purse: $9000

1M Main

FOR MAIDENS, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE YEARS OLD. Three Year Olds, 117 lbs.; Older, 123 lbs. Claiming Price $5,000.

[JBmadera]

NJ Bets is showing HOO turf as "dead"

They don't have turf there, but interesting nonetheless

Hoosier Park RACE 1

Wednesday, September 10, 2008Track Condition:Fast
Turf Condition - Dead

RACE #1 Purse: $9000

1M Main

FOR MAIDENS, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE YEARS OLD. Three Year Olds, 117 lbs.; Older, 123 lbs. Claiming Price $5,000.

"Dead" is a common designation for turf condition down in the land of Oz:

Track Conditions: most tracks are fully turfed and on race days the track condition is classified as either:-



SCALE







RATINGS







COMMENTS







1







FAST





A dry hard track, firmer than a good track.











2







GOOD





A firm track with a reasonable to good grass coverage, on the fast side of good.



3







GOOD





A track with a good grass coverage and cushion. Ideal track, heading towards dead.



4















DEAD





A track just with some give in it. Shouldn’t affect any chances although on the worse side of good.



5







DEAD





A reasonable amount of give in it, on the better side of slow and worse side of dead.



6







SLOW





Not a badly affected track, but will suit some horses more than others, just worse than dead and into slow range.



7







SLOW





A more rain-affected track that will chop out, on the better side of heavy.











8















HEAVY





A soft track that horses will get into but not necessarily too wet, just worse than slow, but just into heavy range.



9







HEAVY





A softer track getting into the squelchy area. Genuine heavy.



10







HEAVY





A very soft and wet track. Heaviest category.

[njcurveball]

I have been on them for 3+ months to update the track conditions. They gave me a laugh when I read this one!

The people working there do not have a clue about racing. They would do better running a Wawa!

Their excuse was that it was a "bug" in the system. That excuse went out with Windows 3.1 (and the people there don't get that joke either. :bang: