David Vandyke tells clients no runners at Eagle Farm because of unacceptable surface
Horses by National Racing Newsroom 27th Jan 2021 8:12 AM | Updated: 11:51 AM David Vandyke has become the first trainer to publicly black ban the maligned Eagle Farm surface, telling clients on Tuesday he would no longer be starting any stable runners there. After feature meetings on December 26 and January 2, Eagle Farm came under fire from trainers and jockeys for being too hard and also for the top layer chopping out. The Queensland branch of the Australian Trainers Association called for submissions from trainers, who were almost universal in their condemnation of the current state of the track.