The Polytrack racing surface at Turfway Park was installed two weeks ahead of schedule, but the sighs of relief by track officials may be short-lived as the Sept. 7 meet opener approaches. This is new ...

A revolution is under way in thoroughbred racing with the introduction of the track surface known as Polytrack. Polytrack is a mixture of wax-coated synthetic materials and sand that is getting ...

Woodbine unveiled its state-of-the-art Polytrack racing surface for training on Sunday. Hundreds of horses galloped, jogged, or walked while 84 recorded timed workouts ranging from two furlongs to ...

Despite reducing horse-racing fatalities, Keeneland Race Course will replace its rubberized Polytrack with dirt — joining a growing number of major tracks that have abandoned the once-popular ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Handicappers analyzing tomorrow’s Breeders’ Cup must deal with a variable they’ve never faced before: Horses that have raced or trained over the all-weather, artificial surfaces ...

It is 16 years since Britain's first all-weather race was run. Polytrack has been in use as a racing surface for only four years, but already there seems a consensus that it's the best of its kind - ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - When Keeneland’s spring meet ends Friday, so will an era. The scenic horse racing landmark in the heart of the Bluegrass State will run its final races on the Polytrack synthetic ...

Keeneland will remove its synthetic Polytrack surface at the end of the spring meet and return its main track to dirt before the fall meeting this October, the Lexington oval announced April 2. The ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Keeneland is keeping busy in the off-season, converting its track back to a dirt surface -- but track officials say it was the right move. It's Day One of a $4 million ...

Many of you have asked me how I'm handicapping Del Mar with its new Polytrack surface. First off, two tracks gave us clues, Keeneland and Arlington, which already have Polytrack. Closers have done ...

Arlington Park outside Chicago has decided to install Polytrack, an artificial surface manufactured by a partnership including Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky, before its 2007 meet, Arlington's ...

DEL MAR — Count trainer Kathy Walsh among those who love DelMar’s transition from dirt to Polytrack. The past three years, the 67-year-old Walsh won a total of tworaces at the seaside oval. She ...