dutrowfan,

Worked a horse a few days ago at Turfway.  There was 55 horses that day that worked a half mile.  I don\'t think I\'ve seen that since we started racing there (called Latonia then) in 1985.

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dutrowfan,

Yeah the great Churchill Downs where my horse has been walking under tack for seven days while our horses at Turfway have missed one day of training total.

To my knowledge Turfway cancelled that one night because of road conditions.

Polytrack is a much kinder surface.  Fewer vet bills, etc.  I was told that the outriders at TP said there has not been one catastrophic breakdown since the track opened for training August 2, 2005.  

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nonnight,

Total agreement on steroids, Pletcher, Irwin (LOL!) but reserving judgement on Shug.  The clenbuterol issue is a joke as far as I\'m concerned;everbody\'s been using it since the 80\'s.  It\'s just now with Allday, EPO, etc. it\'s truly scary!

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