Fibresand/Polytrack - difference?

Question

Southwell, Wolves, Lingfield....All Weather tracks, but what is the difference between Fibresand and Polytack surfaces? Which courses have which?
Also, what is the new All Weather track going to have? Leigh Green or something I think it is called?

Answer 1

Polytrack is made up of polypropylene fibres, recycled rubber and silica sand coated in wax. It is installed at both Lingfield and Wolverhampton racecourses and is also used on the Epsom training gallop, the Newmarket artificial training tracks and several trainers have it on their private gallops. Many tracks in the USA are in the process of installion Polytrack, or similar tracks, as the old dirt tracks are unforgiving.

Fibresand is also sand and polyproylene fibres but is softer and therefore has greater "kickback". It is more inclined to form lumps and does not cope well with very cold weather. I believe they still have fibresand at Southwell Racecourse.

It think Kempton is Polytrack and I think that Great Leighs has been laid with Polytrack too.