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Study shows no turf edge on synthetics

By Jeremy Plonk
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

It's time to separate the facts and the friction. If you choose to be emotionally charged and mindless in your evaluation of all-weather surfaces in horse racing, just stop reading now. If you want to be constructive in the factual debate, and maybe even improve yourself as a handicapper and fan, then I think you'll be quite surprised at what you're about to read. After a study of more than 7,300 all-weather surface starters from 60 of the most well-known barns throughout North America, I hav ...

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