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When the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club meet opened yesterday afternoon, the fans experienced the racetrack’s new Polytrack surface. San Luis Downs Thoroughbred Training Center trainer Peter Miller had already experienced the Polytrack at Del Mar.

Miller galloped four of his horses during the April 23 testing of the new Polytrack surface. He was one of three trainers to test the track that day.

“I liked it a lot. I think it was a big improvement over the old surface,” Miller said.

Nine horses - four trained by Miller and five trained by Doug O’Neill - galloped on the Polytrack during...