jnchapel + injuries   2

Rain spoils delicate mixture of Santa Anita's new main track
“Before coming over here from Hollywood I started galloping horses on the dirt training track over there. I took my time jogging and galloping here before I started to breeze, but that didn’t seem to matter. None of the injuries have been things they can’t come back from -- mostly chips and condylar fractures -- but they’re happening to horses I thought were the soundest in the barn."
horseracing  track-surfaces  dirt  california  santa-anita  injuries  from delicious
january 2011 by jnchapel
Frustrated Headley takes a pass on sales
"They're making me be a guinea pig and I'm tired of it. For me, the experiment is over. I'm tired of hearing how great these [synthetics] are." (Via @superterrific)
horseracing  california  synthetic-surfaces  injuries  trainers 
july 2010 by jnchapel

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