The Dirt at Meydan - Dreadful surface

Some of those horses hated it, looked cruel to me.

yes the attrition rate on dirt is higher than any other surface

its also massively rail biased (to front running speed)

sheik hamdan a lot to answer for.

The layout was much better before the redevelopment

nad al sheba was better

^ correct - Nad Al Sheba definitely a better, and fairer, track.

Meydan being just a big HOTEL complex and 'show-off Palace' for the Sheikhs.

NEVER a proper Racecourse in the memory of man -

- even many Turf races can be an embarrassment aswell.
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The change to DIRT being just to attract the AMERICANS for merely ONE race per year

Even the change to Tapeta did not work - mind you, has THAT worked at Newcastle, too? -  there also appears to be something  wrong with the LAY-OUT  at Meydan, though...

Makes Chester look more like Pontefract.

Should put Fibresand down.

Now you are taking the p!ss

Nad el Sheba amd Meydan are the same fecking place

that was a good race to be fair/ dont like dirt though

ooked cruel to me.

Still wearing covvid visors 2

You can see that when they designed Nad Al Sheba they put a lot of thought into the design and then worked hard at building up the quality of the races.

Meydan was just a cash grab ie just maybe a bigger more grander race track and then switch to Tapeta to appease the AR lobby.