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Ihe surtace is consistent, stable and safe," said McClure. “I know horse people are resistant to any type of change, but, when they put the polytrack down at Turfway Park (in northern Kentucky) they went from 24 fatal break- ' downs (in the 2004-05 season) to three (2005-06). It’s a remarkable surface.”
A five-furlong Ameri-track synthetic surface - which encircles a softly rolling former hay field: they call it a “European” gallop — is front and center of the Cooneys’ new Carousel Stable in Clarke County, setting up McClure, a licensed flat and steeplechase trainer, and Cooney, former champion apprentice jockey in Ireland and one of Virginia’s busiest jump jocks, as innovators in the racing industry.
McClure rented area farms to house her breaking and training business for more than 15 years - first at Interhorse in Middleburg, then, after selling it in 2003,
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