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Sorry gal,
You're 100% incorrect. Most trainers who use them race on both dry and wet and sloppy tracks. They race ALL their horses in them.
If I broke the stats down by sloppy, muddy or whatever, which my database allows, the results are very similar.
You know what.. rather then caall them "mud calks", they should be renamed "horse cleats"
Let me explain to you what I tell trainers when they ask me about calks.
If you have ever run on the beach (not on the hard stuff by the water, but by the sandy fluffy part) you know that your foot sinks, (cushion) and then there's a SLIDING action as you push off.
This is EXACTLY what a horse deals with when racing on the dirt.
What you want to avoid is HORIZANTAL movement of the hoof. Ankles and knees are not designed to move that way, so if you can limit the SLIDING action horizantally, the horse is oK. Mud calks and bends do this, especially on the turns!!!!!!! They WILL give a horse better traction and more confidence (just like a baseball player rounding third and trying to score).
Horses race better and stay SOUNDER with them!
You will see more horses will get hurt, especially on tracks with tighter turns (inner track at Aqueduct) with this new rule.
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