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Originally Posted by cj
It would still be too much racing, but Gulfstream has three turf courses in reality. Hell, they've run three rail settings on the same day without taking the others down. They shuffle between the three courses.
Part of the problem IMO is that they use them all instead of just running inside, then moving to the middle, then moving to the outside. That gives the other portions of the course time to heal. But they give them all daily wear so no part ever gets a real break.
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I agree, our widest and most well-kept turf courses, which I will limit to Laurel and Arlington, use a temporary rail that gets moved every weekend and that’s it. No deviations. Obviously AP does it for the Million
In regards to the post about Hialeah, I disagree. American racing now, maybe even more than ever, needs its Crown Jewels like this to be running legitimate meets with class. GP, regardless of its $10MM purse race and million foot tall statue, will never have the class of Hialeah. It’s still standing, it’s been remodeled, get a landscaper out there for a weekend and put it on HD while we are all locked in our houses.
