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Originally Posted by ronsmac
I wonder if Chrome will have an advantage by training at los al. Nbc showed how the new dirt was darker and a different texture than Santa anita's old surface.
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It definitely looks different. The old stuff was very brown, traditional dirt in color. This new stuff looks kind of Burnt orange.
I think this is also what Del Mar is installing, so all three tracks will have the same dirt.
I for one was not happy to hear they were changing the Santa Anita surface. Coming from a "if it isn't broke don't fix it" perspective I thought the old stuff seemed to be pretty good. Our runners out here seemed to be able to replicate their form on the east coast tracks, I'll have Another and California Chrome both came along in the so far short "return to dirt" era. I felt like the Mucho Macho Man and Will Take Charge also came to Santa Anita and ran well, along with Shanghai Bobby and Royal Delta.