I will preface this suggestion by stating that I had no bets today and only saw race 6 & 8 in Sydney.

Is there a place in racing for the use of artificial surfaces?

What I saw today was some sort of joke. I realise it happens all the time in Vic. etc and for that matter anywhere when it rains but it surely is a blight on the industry. When so many people owners, trainers, jockeys, punters invest so much money for it all to be thrown into even more chaos than usual just because it rains is not positive for racing.

I would like to know what people think about the pros/cons of an artificial surface. Does such a thing exist? Is it worthwhile investigating? What effects would it have?

thekey