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Originally Posted by dilanesp

At Del Mar fatal breakdowns went way down when they went to Poly and way back up when they switched back:

http://www.animals24-7.org/2016/08/2...-track-record/

Now, Del Mar thankfully had a better year in 2017 and we hope it continues. But the evidence of the safety of the synthetics was obvious.

The Jockey Club did a quasi official study that showed they are safer too:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/0...ww.google.com/

I know that the NJ horseman looked at this type of surface(Tapeta) back in 2008 but no one wanted the change.