In addition to enjoying the perpetual commotion of the Da Goat Show on the Fourth, I was able to tap the great racing mind of trainer Grant Forster. Seen here (left) in the paddock, Grant is ever confident in his training prowess, as I search in vain for clues to a winner in my form (right).Grant had one entry on the day, finishing up the track. Of course, once I skipped town Grant was back to his winning ways, taking the King County Handicap today with the favorite A Classic Life.
I chatted Grant up about the synthetic tracks that are coming to California. Grant has experience with polytrack at Turfway and believes installing it there made the track markedly safer. I'm eager for Movement to be able to work over a far more forgiving synthetic track and look forward to the transition. California's hard, speed biased tracks are particularly taxing, in my uneducated opinion. One area I haven't heard much chatter on is the effect the proliferation of synthetic surfaces will have on the breeding industry. Grant thinks there may be a major shake up to come when sires considered modest today become known for their progeny's proclivity toward the astrodirt. Also, some of today's top dirt sires could take a back seat if their young don't care for the surface.
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