The Polytrack racing surface at Turfway Park was installed two weeks ahead of schedule, but the sighs of relief by track officials may be short-lived as the Sept. 7 meet opener approaches. This is new ...

A weak maiden plate. (4) MOUNT TREMBLANT is holding his form well and gets a golden opportunity for a first victory. (3) SALAGADOOLA is in good shape and capable of winning, but is at his first try ...

Dean Smith has three runners carded and it is noteworthy that stable jockey Craig Zackey rides English-bred (4) GREY EAGLE.

A revolution is under way in thoroughbred racing with the introduction of the track surface known as Polytrack. Polytrack is a mixture of wax-coated synthetic materials and sand that is getting ...

Woodbine unveiled its state-of-the-art Polytrack racing surface for training on Sunday. Hundreds of horses galloped, jogged, or walked while 84 recorded timed workouts ranging from two furlongs to ...

Despite reducing horse-racing fatalities, Keeneland Race Course will replace its rubberized Polytrack with dirt — joining a growing number of major tracks that have abandoned the once-popular ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Handicappers analyzing tomorrow’s Breeders’ Cup must deal with a variable they’ve never faced before: Horses that have raced or trained over the all-weather, artificial surfaces ...

Many of you have asked me how I'm handicapping Del Mar with its new Polytrack surface. First off, two tracks gave us clues, Keeneland and Arlington, which already have Polytrack. Closers have done ...

A Turfway Park press release: Turfway Park’s 38th Annual Holiday Race Meet Opens Dec. 1 FLORENCE, Ky. (Nov. 19, 2013) – Live Thoroughbred racing returns to the Tristate on Sun., Dec. 1, with the ...

So, Del Mar's Polytrack isn't perfect and it's not for everyone. The surface can be exceedingly slow and biased toward closers. That shouldn't exactly come as a surprise. The synthetic surface era is ...