http://santaanita.com/track/webcam.php

READ ALL ABOUT IT
at the PAULICK REPORT...
http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/santa-anitas-synthetic-saga/

Opening Day for the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita is Wednesday, September 24th.
That gives folks 23 days of racing prior to BC (Oct. 24/25) to figure out the surface.

Official Oak Tree website @ http://www.oaktreeracing.com/

IT'S OPENING DAY @ OAK TREE and I'm heading out to Santa Anita
to have a first hand look at the track today... pics & story later this evening.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/98449.html

two horses in training...
two bad steps leading to breakdowns...
and two trainers; both of whom do not blame the racing surface.

This quote, however, seems a tad silly:
"I've always thought that it is unfair to judge a track based on catastrophic injuries."
Mark Glatt

...and errrr-ummm, yeah???

Here are the results charts for Opening Day.
http://oaktreeracing.com/frame.php?h=Equibase+Result+Charts&r=Results&po=/racinginfo/results/&f=/racinginfo/results/charts/080924.pdf
(one runner "pulled up lame" and had to be vanned off, but that was on the turf course.)

The new poly-track looks like dirt and doesn't smell like shredded tires and old carpet.

TRACK PLAYING FAIR, imo...
~Badactor.