Santa Anita’s dirt racetrack will be undergoing renovation in the coming
months to bring it back to the combination of sand, silt, and clay
initially approved when the new dirt surface was installed late last
year.
During an informal California Horse Racing Board hearing at Santa Anita
May 17, representatives from the CHRB, Santa Anita, and the California
Thoroughbred Trainers agreed that the silt and clay content in the dirt
surface is now too high. The mixture should be 87.5% sand, 8% silt, and
4.5% clay. But after a month of racing and following bouts of heavy
rain, tests last January showed that the combined silt and clay content
rose to 18-19%.
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