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Thanks Jeremy I appreciate the heads up. Looks good.

Were you the editor of Horseplayer Magazine?

And my two cents -- I love playing poly. You know why? Because most people don't. Because they get confused on it out think themselves , over-reward good turf lines (when its been shown turf races are no more predictive ,maybe even less so, than dirt races for poly).

In short there's kind of a chaotic handicapping situation that those who work hard to understand what's really going on at the various poly tracks can exploit. People tend to lump them all together. That's a big mistake.

Besides there are a lot fewer scratches. Off the turf races don't turn into four-horse jokes. On the whole prices are better too.

The Pro-Ride surface at Santa Anita is showing a lot of promise and at the other poly tracks the maintenance crews are learning more each meet about how to care for the surface and keep it consistent. Poly has run into problems mostly in cases of extreme weather conditions -- too much rain. too cold, etc.


I say, the more poly tracks the better!!