One thing we know for sure, Mariensky likes the turf about as soft as it can get. Twice in a week, she has won graded stakes over a very soft Belmont Park turf course. Mariensky won the Sheepshead Bay ...

When horse trainer Bret Calhoun watches races on rainy days like Friday, it's with both eyes covered. "Like this," he said as he covered his eyes with his hands and split his fingers just slightly.

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Her experience on, and affinity for, soft turf may have made the difference for Hawksmoor in her head victory over Dacita in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Beaugay Stakes at Belmont Park ...

Kingman took to the less than ideal turf conditions at Deauville Aug. 17 and further bolstered his rank as Europe's top miler with a comfortable win in the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques ...

Pro and high school players warn of increased turf injuries. Tommy Horn had a future in football. Hilliard Bradley High School's quarterback played in October 2012's cross-town rivalry game against ...

Aloha High football players run on their new synthetic turf field. The district opened the field for practice but said it is still softer than the contract calls for with FieldTurf. (Wendy ...

There was little splendor on the grass Sunday at Hawthorne Race Course. Only one of three scheduled turf events went off without a hitch. Track officials decided to move Sunday`s sixth race off the ...

ELMONT, N.Y. — The turf course at Belmont Park has flunked the Michael Dickinson “high heel” test. Yesterday, when Dickinson and his assistant, Joan Wakefield, walked the grassy inner strip, Wakefield ...

Artificial turf has come a long way since since it was introduced on a grand stage to the sports world in 1966 at the Astrodome in Houston. Playing on ChemGrass, which became known as AstroTurf, was a ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Pitts says the Atlanta Falcons' new FieldTurf playing surface at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which has become a safety concern when used for soccer, is different but good. “Yeah, I like ...