Poly vs Dirt in IL

[MidwestTrainer]

Here is link to an article with the number of deaths at AP compared to Hawthorne, Hawthorne has to run in the worst months of the year and gets the tired, worn out horses in the winter months.

http://www.barntowire.com/2007/HAWnotes070910.html

Through 121 racing days, comprising the fall meet of 2006 and the spring meet of 2007, there were 13 race-related fatalities on Hawthorne’s dirt course, compared to 12 fatalities in 71 dates on our neighboring track’s all-weather surface.

[griff]

Could it be that the trainers, not the track surfaces, that are causing the break downs?/
griff

[MidwestTrainer]

Really it is a lot of the same trainers, other than the "good" outfits that come in for AP.

[Foggytrip]

No Griff, its the crappy hyped up surface