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[QUOTE="IthacaBarrel, post: 4746954, member: 363"]
not sure I have ever seen a 1-1/2 mile distance at Saratoga, I know they have the 1-3/4 distance for the Birdstone stake.  Not sure they want to make the Belmont stakes at Saratoga a 3 turn race either.  They will never finish a Grade 1 or any race for that matter on the backside of a track either. Wait until they run the Met Mile out of that chute at Saratoga, can already hear the complaining

Not sure what to make of the synthetic talk, do they add it as a 3rd surface or just get rid of dirt?  No idea but it's coming at some point.  Horse racing loves to put band aid fixes on stuff, this would be another one, IMO.  Maple Leaf Mel was a tragedy, NY Thunder was another misuse of injections by a trainer with a horrible track record, another cheat from Gulfstream/ Momouth.  They should suspend him for 2 years.

All that said, horses will always get hurt regardless even with clean trainers and guys/gals with great track records.

The HISA stuff has been rolling out and while they have good intentions how it's being enforced and overseen has been pretty much a disaster so far. Hopefully, they can get this figured out sooner rather than later.
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