Report: Gulfstream Considers Adding Tapeta Course To Offset Turf Use Sponsored by:
Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
The Stronach Group s COO Aidan Butler told the
Thoroughbred Daily News this week that Gulfstream Park may become the first track in North America to have three surfaces, adding a Tapeta surface to its standing dirt and turf courses.
The addition of a synthetic track would offset the use of Gulfstream s turf course, Butler explained, which now faces an increasing work load in 2021 after the closure of Calder. Running Calder as Gulfstream Park West for two months out of the year, Gulfstream officials had been able to give the primary turf course a rest.