Name | Manufacturer | Country | Description | Installations |
Cushion Track | Equestrian Surfaces | | Sand, synthetic fibers, elastic fiber coated with wax. The footing is approximately seven inches deep, followed by a geotextile membrane/tarmac.[7]
| Santa Anita Park (replaced)
Hollywood Park (closed down) Courbold Park, Sunshine Coast Toowoomba, Queensland[A] Klampenborg, Denmark Taby Galopp, Sweden (closed) Al Khor Horse Breeders Park, Qatar
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Fibresand | Mansfield Sand Company | | Sand particles and polypropylene fibres.[8] | Southwell[9] (until 2021)[10] |
Polytrack | Martin Collins Enterprises | | A mixture of silica sand, recycled synthetic fibers (carpet & spandex) and recycled rubber/pvc. In cold climates, the mixture may also include jelly cable (plastic insulation from copper phone wire). The entire mixture is coated with wax. | Lingfield Park Kempton Park Chelmsford City Dundalk Chantilly Marseille-Vivaux Pau (CLOPF) Kranji, Mijas(CLOPF) Veliefendi Arlington Park Del Mar Racetrack (replaced) Keeneland Race Course (replaced) Pakenham Racecourse, VIC Cagnes Sur Mer Racecourse Deauville-La Touques Racecourse Gokdere & Bedew Racecourses in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Fairview Racecourse Greyville, Durban South Africa Cambridge and Riccarton Park Racecourse, New Zealand[11] |
Pro-Ride | Pro-Ride Racing Australia Pty Ltd | | 6 inches of footing (sand, nylon fibres, Spandex fibres coated in a polymeric binder) on top of a 4-inch IMC layer (sand & nylon fibres) on top of a drainage system.[12] | Flemington Santa Anita (removed) Rosehill Racecourse, NSW Warwick Farm Racecourse, NSW[13] |
Tapeta | Michael Dickinson, Inc. | | Sand, fibre, rubber and wax makes up the top 4-7 inches of the racing surface, installed on top of either porous asphalt or a geotextile membrane.[14] | Spreyton Golden Gate Fields Albany, California Berkeley, CA Presque Isle Downs Wolverhampton Newcastle Woodbine Dubai Racecourse Meydan Turfway Park Gulfstream Park Southwell (from 2021)[10] |
Visco-Ride | | | Sand and fibre coated in wax | Flemington, Victoria (removed) Cranbourne Racecourse, Victoria (removed) Warwick Farm Racecourse, New South Wales (removed)
Lyon La Soie (France)
Pornichet (France) |
EquiPolitrek | Visteks Ltd | | A mixture of silica sand, recycled synthetic fibers (carpet & spandex) and chopped geotextile. The surface keeps the exploitation characteristics in a wide temperature range (from -40° up to +100° С). The entire mixture is coated with wax.[15] | Akbuzat Race Track (First in 2007, Renewed in 2021) International Equestrian Complex, Kazan (First in 2005, Renewed in 2020) International Equestrian Complex, Pradar Equestrian Complex, Jump Equestrian Complex, Nimb Equestrian Complex, Sady Pridoniya |