Whether you love them or hate them, polysurfaces are here to stay. Chances are that you currently wager at one or more of these ovals so everyday you are faced with a gazillion questions about how to handicap the new polysurfaces. What do you do with horses that last ran over the turf? What do you do with horses that last ran over real dirt? Are post positions still important and what specific post positions win at each distance? What should I know about track-specific poly-breeding? What trainers excel on polysurfaces, and at what class levels, and with what age groups? What jockeys do they use? What trainers fail to perform to their old dirt levels over the new polysurfaces? What jockeys fail to perform to their old dirt levels? What trainers win while dropping in class over polysurfaces and with what age groups? You have these and dozens of other questions to answer before you put your money down! This is Joe Takachs first new writing in 7 years coupled with many new insights by partner Mike Benitez. This informative writing is the first of its kind solely devoted to poly surfaces. Specific issues include track-specific poly breeding, running profiles and biases, switching from dirt or turf to poly, workouts on poly, post position wins by specific distances, detailed trainer and jockey combos, shippers, paddock physicality of poly runners, maiden specialties and much more to including how to set up your own polytrack report. DVD
