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Training on the farm gives
flexibility of multiple conditioning
options such as swimming,
sand gallops, turf gallops,
trail rides and more,
says Carousel owner Michael
Cooney.
requiring a lot of maintenance. Sand is considered a “dead” surface, one that does not return the energy a horse sends down through his legs and feet into the footing when running. Synthetic surfaces, on the other hand, are made of varying recipes of tiny rubber chips, coated sand particles and polyester fibers, wellmixed and laid thickly over a special asphalt base that allows instant drainage. The resulting track is not dusty, lies flat (even after horses gallop across it), drains well and has no “kickback.” *
“We got a lot of layups before,” McClure said, referring to. flat horses taking a break from the buzz of racing and training at the
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