Churchill Downs. Are you listening? Tapeta!

[VeryOldMan]

Originally Posted by AskinHaskin

Yeah, the only thing "black and white" about those and most all synthetic track stats is that the crappiest tracks with the crappiest horses are always on the side of the "dirt" tracks. You keep forgetting that synthetic surfaces are only available to the tracks with the higher revenue and the better horses.

Presque Isle and Golden Gate aren't exactly racing "better horses". Their Tapeta breakdown statistics are simply better than equivalent dirt tracks. Compare Presque Isle's numbers to Parx and Penn National, e.g. If we're still watching this sport and wagering on it, we accept at some level that there are going to be breakdowns. However, there's no way around the fact that current synthetic surfaces have a statistically significant advantage on breakdown numbers. How you choose to act on that appears to differ significantly across this board.

[the little guy]

Originally Posted by bisket

Question…. HISA has been around 1/2 a year. Churchill moved racing to another track before HISA came down on them. Saratoga was at the brink of having to move their races.

I know it's the internet, and you have plenty of company, but this is all fantasy. Saratoga was never "on the brink of having to move their races" and Churchill moved to Ellis to change the narrative away from a big name track to one that draws lesser attention. It worked.