Australian race clubs ask for synthetic track

[gm10]

A review of the Geelong synthetic track found that overall performance of the track was "very good" for the 17 scheduled meetings in terms of turnover, field sizes and feedback from trainers and jockeys.

Turnover was 20 per cent higher than on the corresponding turf meetings a year earlier.

"The track provided an even surface, consistency of form and really encouraged punting," RVL's chief strategy officer Paul Bittar said.

He said there was a slightly higher than normal proportion of favourites winning and the pattern of racing suggested there was no track bias.

A preliminary veterinary review indicated that the rate of abnormal injury was lower for the Geelong synthetic track than other surfaces during the same period of racing in 2010.

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...international/

[andymays]

What is the "other surface" they're referring to?

[The_Knight_Sky]

....there was no track bias.


Lie.

Every racing surface has some tendencies
that favor a certain type of a running style or a certain path.

[PaceAdvantage]

Good for Australia, where they race primarily/exclusively on turf? I can easily see why a quality synthetic surface would be well received there.

The U.S. is a completely different story as you well know.