Just went to Lingfield last week for the second time to once again watch the races and compare their polytrack to ours over here, and they looked nothing alike. Theirs is a darker gray, and seemed moister (is that even a word?) whereas ours are a bit "whiter" and drier. I talked to a couple trainers and they weren't having the soft tissue injuries we're having either. But they don't train at the track, which could also be a factor.
Anyone out there train in the UK and notice an increase in soft tissue injuries with poly, or is that just a US phenomenon?
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the weather in the U.K. is the reverse of our weather in the U.S. in the summertime that's why the color of the tracks of those PT Euro surfaces are darker, then the U.S. The moisture in the U.K. will make the tracks darker and the heat of the summer in the U.S. will cause that PT to become bleached out White.
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The seasons in the UK are the same as the US. They aren't in another hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand etc.) When it's winter in Kentucky, it's also winter in London. I lived in Switzerland and made many trips to England, and in December it was cold, just like it is here.
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The seasons in the UK are the same as the US. They aren't in another hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand etc.) When it's winter in Kentucky, it's also winter in London. I lived in Switzerland and made many trips to England, and in December it was cold, just like it is here.
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