Synthetic, Plastic, Rubber, Junk, is just about done in the United States. When Santa Anita decided to go back to dirt it killed the movement. When the Breeders Cup makes an announcement like the one below we know where the future is for synthetic surfaces. There isn't any future. Synthetic surfaces have been the greatest fraud in the history of Horse Racing in the United States. It took a while but Trainers and Horseplayers who know better forced the change.
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/02...cheduling.html
Excerpt:
Though Avioli says there's really nothing off the table,
the series has no plans to return to a track with synthetic surfaces. While the 2008 and 2009 events were catastrophe-free on the synthetic surface at Santa Anita, it also scared away some American trainers who aren't exactly fans of the mixture of sand and rubber.
Read more:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/02...#ixzz149eD1562
