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Originally Posted by titans1127
Usually turf racing at Aqueduct goes until the first Sunday in December but I assume they cut it short due to the courses taking on the Belmont meet plus all the rain in September.
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Yeah, having to run over two months, as opposed to the previously normal four or five weeks, is a big part of it. Add all the rain the first six weeks, and the courses had essentially had enough.
The truth is, by the time you start getting frosts at night, the course basically goes to sleep, and loses its resiliency from what I understand. It always creates a certain amount of randomness. Much as I love turf racing, and the opportunities it can present, by this time of the year, it's pretty much good to shut it down.
