Track conditions

Squeaky · Mon Jul 08, 2024 4:40 pm

Wow-Parx turf course looks awful-almost all dirt. All torn up and very dry.

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon Jul 08, 2024 4:58 pm

Is there anything about Parx that isn't a bit awful?

stark · Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:04 pm

Is it voluntary that you're watching Parx or maybe some form of punishment?

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:14 pm

What makes you think I'm watching Parx today?

It's true I have watched in the past, especially during Professor Perloff's Mon-Tues. Handicapsule hours, but not much lately. I was mostly responding to Squeaky's observation, plus the various not-happy things I have read about the track.

genuinerizk · Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:28 pm

Belterra’s looks awful also, and mountaineer’s looks like a weed patch in a desert, per my friend who was there the other day.

Squeaky · Mon Jul 08, 2024 6:07 pm

stark wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:04 pm Is it voluntary that you're watching Parx or maybe some form of punishment?

Haha-I don’t normally watch-having worked there as a vet assistant for 2 summers during nearby college in the 80’s, I don’t need to experience that cesspool anymore. I just happened to catch a race while waiting for TVG to show the Del Osks.

Cigarillo · Mon Jul 08, 2024 9:02 pm

genuinerizk wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:28 pm Belterra’s looks awful also, and mountaineer’s looks like a weed patch in a desert, per my friend who was there the other day.

Your friend wasn't kidding. I just watched replays from Mountaineer and Parx and it's bad.

Squeaky · Wed Jul 10, 2024 10:21 am

Chad unhappy with Saratoga’s track conditions -blamed it for Randomized’s quarter crack

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... _opens_123

Squeaky · Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:47 pm

SAR turf looks beautiful with all that rain the last few weeks