Track Super at Belmont

[miff]

HP said:

\"My comments -- if the turf is \"good\", which seems likely, it might not matter as much, but my understanding is you may not want to be inside on a giving turf course (I\'m sure someone will come back with a different opinion on this)\"



HP,

Good info.Jerry has recently spotted a couple of other tracks(Keenland for one) with dead turf rails.I think the problem is that we won\'t know until AFTER the turf races about the rail.I pay pretty close attention to rails in New York and can\'t recall a dead turf rail.I can say that on many occasions (on soft turf)I have seen early speed as a negative.

[HP]

Miff,

I posted earlier agreeing with your point on soft turf hurting frontrunners (an observation).  

I\'ve read that tracks in general dry outside/in, so the inside will stay wetter longer.  So you get turf situations where the outside has plenty of give, but the inside has TOO much and you get knocked out running in there.  

Any ideas about the dirt?  Angles?  That seems like it will be just as tough to figure.

As Class reported, if today is any indication it will not be \"soft\" Saturday.  The weather reports are making me nuts though.  Earlier in the week most of them said clear through Saturday.  Now a lot of them seem to be hedging and forecasting \"showers\" anywhere from Fri. PM up until and through Sat afternoon.  

HP

[jbelfior]

HP--


My buddy at ACCU-WEATHER says that the chance of showers is now minimal. Should be dry through the rest of the week.



Good Luck,
Joe B.

[miff]

HP,

I\'ve been tracking the weather all day. The latest forecast is showing improved conditions with only a slight chance of rain(it will probably pour for sure).

Belmont races beyond 6f often favored the outside paths until the new track sup showed up.I think the main plays more evenly nowdays.Having said that, I generally like the outside much better at Belmont since you almost have to \"send\" from the inside to avoid getting buried on the rail.

Maybe the two early non BC races will give a hint.It\'s been some time since the last BC at Belmont when the rail was so bad it was an embarrasement to NYRA for quite some time afterwards.

[Michael D.]

What does Frankel want? It\'s the BC Mile with only one other true speed horse involved. Leroid gets a furlong to run before he has to run around a QUARTER OF A TURN. The last time it was held at Bel, there were three or four one dimensional speedballs entered. No excuses for this guy.