Woodbine is confident the Tapeta surface is in optimal condition for safe training and racing heading into the final weeks of the 2024 meet.
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Meza was the track superintendent at Golden Gate Fields for over 20 years and will assist ongoing efforts to maintain the highest safety standards.
Representatives of Tapeta All-Weather are in town to monitor maintenance on the track following three fatalities last weekend.
The first three betting favourites on King's Plate Day prior to the race's postponement all had workouts Sunday morning.
The Jeff Ruby has recently produced horses that have done well in the Kentucky Derby and this year's field at Turfway is a big one.
Earner of over $3 million is scheduled to prep for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) in the Durham Cup Stakes (G2) this weekend.
Churchill Downs Inc. is replacing Turfway Park's 15-year-old Polytrack with a Tapeta surface this spring, one of 5 synth tracks in US
In consideration of the ongoing poor weather conditions in the 14-day forecast, all remaining turf races in 2018 will be shifted to the main track.
Wet weather has forced Woodbine to move scheduled turf races to the Tapeta surface for the time being. They will monitor conditions for future races.
Training on Woodbine’s brand new Tapeta main track commenced on Friday morning with 17 horses recording timed workouts over the cushion installed following the 2015 meet. “We’ve had great feedback this morning from horsepeople after our first full training session over the Tapeta,” said Jim Lawson, CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group. “It’s important for us […]
The Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) of Ontario has reported that the installation of a new track surface at Woodbine Racetrack is going well, and on schedule. On December 1st, workers began removing the former Polytrack surface and replacing it with the Tapeta™ (pronounced Ta-PETE-a). As of December 11th, it was estimated that the […]
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has announced Tapeta™ will be installed on Woodbine’s one-mile main track in time for the 2016 Thoroughbred racing season. The synthetic surface will replace Polytrack, which has been in place since August of 2006. Construction on the Tapeta™ (pronounced Ta-PETE-a) track will begin on December 1, 2015. The four December dates, […]