In an earlier thread we discussed the reasons Michael Dickinson might be being such a salesman for Polytrack. It was speculated that he wanted the major tracks to install the Nonsense because he might train over it and was angling to give his horses an edge running over it on race day. It was also speculated that he could be a tout for the manufacturer. Lo and Behold, its both...lol
He has the Nonsense installed at his squatting, finger surface probing, horse Guiness Drinking, Neverland in Maryland AND he markets his own variation of Fairy Dust called \"Tinkerbelle Footings\". Actually he calls it Tapeta Footings.
Why is salesmenship so easy to discern? Picking a shill is even easier than Picking a winner. Anyone think Dickinson and George W. Bush would make great beer guzzling buddies?
http://www.drf.com/news/article/75080.html
Chuckles,
Previously, you asked if \"good horses\" were \"eluding\" Dickinson.
If \"good horses\" are \"eluding\" him, maybe it has to do with the idea that Dickinson doesn\'t run his horses enough to please impatient, or even pretty darn patient, owners. Apparently the stars, the moon and the sun have to be aligned just right for him to run one. [For example, the horse has to be 3-5 morning line at Philly Park in a four horse field in order for him to run one, and not be a late scratch!] After the initial delight of having him train for them, hoping he\'ll take them to The Promised Land, thinking he is some kind of \"Mad Genius\" his reputation says he is, you soon realize that he\'s just another steroid trainer... and things change. Maybe months pass with setbacks and inactivity. [Gee. Even with Tapeta footings: inactivity and setbacks! Hmnph!] The clock ticks and owners lose money, lose joy and they get frustrated to the point where they remove their horses with him. [What to do? Give them to the Bruce Levines of the world!]
The two are like book ends and they certainly do have their stories ...
But seriously , I\'m guessing that those peope who were in on the ground floor of the \" track re-surfacing revolution\" want to see it through for various reasons . I\'m hearing comparison to Aqu inner but don\'t see it myself , TG has a separate AQI designation and the poly asteric for the * KY track . I watched much of the recent TP meet on tv and the surface resembled nothing like anything in NY , or anywhere for that matter .
JohnTChance Wrote:
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> Chuckles,
>
> Previously, you asked if \"good horses\" were
> \"eluding\" Dickinson.
>
> If \"good horses\" are \"eluding\" him, maybe it has
> to do with the idea that Dickinson doesn\'t run his
> horses enough to please impatient, or even pretty
> darn patient, owners. Apparently the stars, the
> moon and the sun have to be aligned just right for
> him to run one. After the initial delight of
> having him train for them, hoping he\'ll take them
> to The Promised Land, thinking he is some kind of
> \"Mad Genius\" his reputation says he is, you soon
> realize that he\'s just another steroid trainer...
> and things change. Maybe months pass with setbacks
> and inactivity. The clock ticks and owners lose
> money, lose joy and they get frustrated to the
> point where they remove their horses with him.
>
Well, he did have that success with Da Hoss, though TGraph was instrumental in that one.
He did have Tapit. Though TGraph also said he wasn\'t fast enough and was bearing in during his Wood win due to \"Ouch\". Think Tapit only ran twice more after the Wood and not particularly well either.
Maybe Dickinson isn\'t the Mad Genius after all. Maybe he\'s just Mad. Maybe the real Mad Genius is Jerry Brown. Certainly part Genius, but maybe the \"Mad\" in \"Mad Genius Jerry Brown\" comes from guys that question a figure or two occasionally. Like Alysheba, figured beaten Bellamy Road margins by today\'s horses.
That ought to get him going.