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Old 06-20-2021, 12:20 AM   #61
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Old 06-26-2021, 11:49 PM   #62
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Old 09-04-2021, 04:19 PM   #63
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The Tapeta track is almost ready, and when it is, all scheduled turf races will be switched to Tapeta whilst the turf course is reseeded.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...ars-completion
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Old 09-04-2021, 04:59 PM   #64
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The Tapeta track is almost ready, and when it is, all scheduled turf races will be switched to Tapeta whilst the turf course is reseeded.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...ars-completion
Thanks for the update, therussmeister.
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Old 09-04-2021, 10:40 PM   #65
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Interesting part of the article.

Gulfstream vice president of racing operations, Mike Lakow, told Horse Racing Nation that Gulfstream may not run on its turf course until its Championship Meet, which begins in December. He left open the possibility it could be used earlier if the growth of the new grass course is rapid.

So are turf horses rested, to run on Tapeta, or ship elsewhere?
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Old 09-04-2021, 11:29 PM   #66
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Interesting part of the article.

Gulfstream vice president of racing operations, Mike Lakow, told Horse Racing Nation that Gulfstream may not run on its turf course until its Championship Meet, which begins in December. He left open the possibility it could be used earlier if the growth of the new grass course is rapid.

So are turf horses rested, to run on Tapeta, or ship elsewhere?
My guess...d) all of the above. Mainly rested.
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Old 09-05-2021, 01:06 AM   #67
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With the talk about Tapeta, has anyone noticed the kickback at Turfway Park,, especially this year. There were some races where it looked like huge chunks of the surface where flying everywhere. I know the Tapeta/synthetic at Turways is different than the Gate and Presque Isle but it was very interesting to watch. I noticed it more on cold days. Obviously this will not be a issue at GP, but has anyone else noticed that at Turfway. Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy and cashing some tickets in the meantime. Take Care fellas!!
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Old 09-05-2021, 07:46 AM   #68
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Interesting part of the article.

Gulfstream vice president of racing operations, Mike Lakow, told Horse Racing Nation that Gulfstream may not run on its turf course until its Championship Meet, which begins in December. He left open the possibility it could be used earlier if the growth of the new grass course is rapid.

So are turf horses rested, to run on Tapeta, or ship elsewhere?
The whole point of installing Tapeta is to keep the turf horses from scratching when races are taken off the turf, and keep them in town when the turf needs an extended rest.
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Old 09-05-2021, 09:11 AM   #69
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The whole point of installing Tapeta is to keep the turf horses from scratching when races are taken off the turf, and keep them in town when the turf needs an extended rest.
Tapeta being similar to turf is kind of a myth in my opinion. I find horses with dirt form do better than turf horses, but horsemen will cling to the belief.
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I like the idea and imagine that like others have noted, should keep some of the turf fields together if they have to come off the main.

Concerns, at least as i see it, is maintaining the surface with horses going back and forth from the main to the tapeta and over to the turf course for those races.

Other would be what this does to the condition book itself. Most tracks try not to run too cheap on the turf, and outside of usage/wear and tear on the turf, what it does to the dirt races.

You can see across the country how much smaller the dirt fields are, so does this now make them even smaller with the tapeta option. Sure, you can still maintain a higher bottom for the tapeta to match the turf and hope to maintain the dirt field sizes, but curious to see when the first book comes out.

Anytime you create more conditions and now three different surfaces, you are fracturing the horse population further and where they can run.
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Tapeta being similar to turf is kind of a myth in my opinion. I find horses with dirt form do better than turf horses, but horsemen will cling to the belief.
That's racing in a nutshell....things essentially get made up without using data to support it and many people accept it....and then argue it's truth when you refute it.
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Old 09-05-2021, 02:44 PM   #72
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Tapeta being similar to turf is kind of a myth in my opinion. I find horses with dirt form do better than turf horses, but horsemen will cling to the belief.
Confusion is good. Might be enough opportunities with this to overcome their inability to time races.

I'll be looking at GP for the first time in years this fall.
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Old 09-05-2021, 03:17 PM   #73
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They're running out of green paint for the turf course.....
No lie there. Gulfstream Park turf course is a mess.
The racing se retry has two choices. One, spread out the grass races to give the turf more recovery time. Two, write fewer turf races.
Currently there aren't any strains of warm season grasses available that root deeply enough to withstand the tearing horse's hooves cause to the shallow root systems of the turf types used in the South
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There is lots of debate on many fronts regarding synthetic vs dirt surfaces.
Those on the side of synthetic cite raw stats which indicate a lower percentage of equine athlete fatalities racing over synthetic vs dirt.
Here is where that simple analysis falls off the rails.
At least to my knowledge, there have been no studies which break down the exact causes of a fatal injury. No studies which include a specific style or methodology in track maintenance. No studies on Weather and climate and their effects on synthetic surfaces vs dirt also have not been studied.
The quality of the horses, age, propensity of types of injuries and whether or not track Vets have in concert with the connections whether to implement more intensive care or to put down the horse.
Lastly, training methods and training practices of individual trainers have not been studied.
I'd like to see more knowledgeable people with ZERO bias toward either surface perform studies on these important issues.
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