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Although Critics Remain, Synthetic Tracks Show Progress

London : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • The artificial dirt track at Santa Anita Park is groomed during morning exercises in preparation for the Breeders Cup World Championship including the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park horse track in Arcadia, California
    The artificial dirt track at Santa Anita Park is groomed during ...
    Source: Reuters
  • A water tanker wets down the artificial dirt track at Santa Anita Park during morning exercises in preparation for the Breeders Cup World Championship
    A water tanker wets down the artificial dirt track at Santa Anita Park ...
    Source: Reuters
The artificial dirt track at Santa Anita Park is groomed during ...
Since 2006, when Hollywood Park installed the first artificial oval, to September of this year, the fatality rate has fallen to 1.70 per 1,000 starts, from 3.09 per 1,000 on dirt. Here at Santa Anita Park, where the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held for the second consecutive year beginning...
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  • News Source: Los Angeles Times | about 1 month ago
    There is no consensus on whether the synthetic tracks have helped with injuries, and California tracks could go back to dirt. Death is a sad but common part of thoroughbred racing, but in California the sight of medical vans on racetracks was a grim...
  • News Source: The New York Times | about 1 month ago
    Since 2006, when Hollywood Park installed the first artificial oval, to September of this year, the fatality rate has fallen to 1.70 per 1,000 starts, from 3.09 per 1,000 on dirt. Here at Santa Anita Park, where the Breeders’ Cup World...
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