Del Mar Track

[surfdog89]

Here is a article about the new guy at Del Mar and hopefully a great new season. It has to be better then what we have be getting with the short fields at Hollywood. I thought maybe the players at Pace would like this.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2.../well-groomed/

[andymays]

New superintendent can’t wait to start working on main track

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2.../well-groomed/

Excerpt:

A dozen horses suffered fatal breakdowns last summer on Del Mar’s Polytrack, and some trainers have noted many career-ending injuries that don’t show up in those statistics.

Tedesco said morning workouts in the past were run on a fast, tight and firm synthetic that was 62 to 65 degrees on the surface.

Meantime, afternoon races went off on a surface that heated up to over 140 degrees. The track became too loose as the Polytrack’s wax base softened.

“We need to loosen it up in the morning, so we’re going to be out here at 2 to 3 a.m. and harrow it at 3 inches instead of 2 1/2 inches, take it deeper because it was so tight,” he said. “In the afternoon, we’re going to add water to cool it. But we’ll have to watch it closely and make sure the surface is as close to how it was at 7 a.m. We want it around 90 degrees. It’s very heat-sensitive, and that’s why I’ve seen three different racetracks during a day since I started coming down here (when hired in January). The goal is to make the track more consistent.”

[andymays]

Everyone seems to have a high opinion of Tedesco.

[rwwupl]

Originally Posted by surfdog89

Here is a article about the new guy at Del Mar and hopefully a great new season. It has to be better then what we have be getting with the short fields at Hollywood. I thought maybe the players at Pace would like this.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2.../well-groomed/

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2.../well-groomed/
Today, July 07, 2010, 4 hours ago |

rwwupl
Best to Richard Tedesco....He knows consistency,or lack of it will make or break this meeting.
I hope when water is added in the afternoon,the players and connections are advised by every means, because it increases or decreases the chances of certain horses. I t does throw a monkey wrench into the tickets that bet in advance,like the p-3,p-4,p-6.

No one has yet been able to make a synthetic surface consistent,that is the big problem.


Richard Tedesco will get his chance.