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 ...

Shortly after the main track at Keeneland opened at 5:30 a.m. Aug. 28, there was a familiar racetrack sound that had been missing at the Lexington oval since 2006: the clippity-clop of hooves striking ...

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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

DEL MAR, Calif. -- The distinction of setting a track record at Del Mar this summer will be a fleeting sensation. They don't seem to have much shelf life during the first few days of the meeting.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ArcadiaArcadia — Not 12 hours after one of the greatest days ever at the Del Mar Racetrack, the oft-maligned Polytrack tore apart the good vibes from a record-breaking Opening Day. And in the wake of ...

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 ...