Turfway Polytrack

[sighthound]

Any educated guesses on how the Turfway Polytrack will pan out regarding speed, variants, etc?

[TGJB]

No way to know about the Polytrack, hopefully it will be all over the place. Some years ago they used a synthetic track at Remington, and it did some crazy stuff with moisture-- back in those days all we understood was rain, but we\'re talking about 20 points after a rain shower.

[Mall]

...since the 2nd generation version, which I understand is very different from what didn\'t work at Rem, has been in use at Lingfield Park for some period of time, & was in continuous use there from Oct 2004 through March 2005, if I understand their website correctly. It\'s been used at the Kee training track since 9/04 & horses have been working on it at Turfway since the beginning of Aug. As the TP meet is less than a month away & all indications are that the surface will be installed at Kee & one or two West Coast tracks if the surface performs well at TP, I\'m sure that anything Mr Eckart has to offer on the subject would be very much appreciated.  

[sighthound]

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/12379554.htm

\"Rebuilt for Speed\" - \"... cut down on horse injuries, speed up the times of races, and create a more level playing field for horses and bettors both.\"

Anticipated:  track bias eliminated, speed increased (front runners favored?), decreased kickback, no more sloppy/muddy tracks, turf peds transfer well to main track.