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CONDITIONING WEIGHT, ENDURANCE WEIGHT and STEEPLECHASE PADS |
Best Pad™ Safety Padding, a state-of-the art safety padding system, is superior to all other racetrack structural padding. Using a combination of newly developed materials, Best Pad™ Safety Padding has been developed and tested to provide durable, long-lasting protection. Able to withstand and absorb serious impacts, Best Pad™ Safety Padding dramatically increases safety in the gate and decreases maintenance costs. Best Pad™ Safety Padding is no longer available for new customers. Replacement of individual pads for specifice areas of previously padded gates can be purchased. Please call for a quote.
Best Pad™ Safety Padding on Keeneland's Training Gate About Best Pad™ Safety Padding: "I don't think there's anybody in the business that thinks the starting gate isn't a dangerous place to be -- not for just the jockeys, but the gate crews as well. It was in dire need of safety improvements and Best Pad™ Safety Padding provides that needed new level of safety." John Giovanni, former Executive Director of the Jockey's Guild
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Philadelphia Park Race Gate Padded with Best Pad™ Safety Padding Best Pad™ Safety Pontoon Padding 
Safety BenefitsCalms horses entering and standing in gate by covering cold, hard metal Dramatically reduces instances of late scratches of fractious horses in the gate Protects horses from injury by dissipating focal forces over a wide surface area Safety grit provides sure footing for assistant starters
Best Pad™ Safety Padding on Starting Gate's Pontoons
“I looked at the Best Pad™ Safety Padding that’s around the gate, I think if my horse would have had that, at worst, he probably would have had a pretty good headache and that would have been it. I was impressed. That padding should be on every starting gate in every race track in America.” -- John Servis, Trainer of Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winner Smarty Jones |
