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Originally Posted by onefast99
Is there a link to an article showing that the synthetic surface had less breakdowns and injuries? If that is the case then you are right tracks should go to the synthetic.
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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/
