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Engineered Racing Surfaces Coalition

Not Synthetic, Engineered

Well, this is interesting. The same week in which the Paulick Report posted the results of a leaked TOBA study that came up strongly pro-synthetics mere hours before the Welfare and Safety Summit kicked off at Keeneland with an analysis of data from the Jockey Club Equine Injury Database on the statistical difference between synthetic and dirt surfaces, a new group has appeared with a slick website and a social media presence to promote synthetics, rebranded “engineered racing surfaces.”

The Engineered Racing Surfaces Coalition:

… believes these surfaces have a viable place in Thoroughbred racing’s future, and is committed to providing accurate and timely information about the benefits of these surfaces.

The coalition is made up of five North American racetracks, all of which have installed Polytrack (credit to Ed DeRosa for noticing that detail).

Posted in Industry on July 1, 2010 / Tagged Engineered Racing Surfaces Coalition, Engineered Surfaces, Polytrack, Synthetic Surfaces