Suddenly, there is optimism about saving the synthetic Cushion Track that has been plagued with a drainage problem and caused three straight racing days to be canceled last Saturday through Monday.

As expected, Santa Anita officials announced Tuesday that, in hopes of solving an ongoing drainage problem, the existing synthetic Cushion Track will be repaired rather than replaced with a sandy ...

Synthetic tracks may not be the cure-all many people had hoped for, and a lot of horses are still breaking down over Cushion Track, Polytrack and Tapeta.

Hollywood Park became the first Southern California track to install a synthetic surface. Cushion Track opened for training Sept. 13, 2006, with the first race on Nov. 1, 2006.

Hollywood Park expects to be the first California racetrack to run on a synthetic-racing surface. The Inglewood facility announced June 21 that it will begin work with Equestrian Surfaces of the ...