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Course says Pro-Ride track has been improved.


SANTA ANITA'S Pro-Ride track is expected to ride differently from last year, largely due to improvements in maintenance to the new surface, writes David Ashforth.

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, the track superintendent, said last night: "It is a better track than last year, holding together better, and horses are getting hold of it better. Some people are saying it will ride more like a dirt track because I have been putting more water on it, and that really is helping. But it is still a Pro-Ride track and not a dirt track."

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 track is likely to ride much as it did last year. Jason Spetnagel, the turf course superintendent, said: "It's it's  

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 in great shape, much the same as last year. We have not done anything different from what we do for normal meetings. It is right where it typically is, and horses have been going well on it."

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 both today and tomorrow is forecast to reach no higher than the low 70s.
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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:The Racing Post (London, England)
Date:Nov 6, 2009
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