Peterson’s Saratoga track review cited in Daily Racing Form article
Mick Peterson, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Daily Racing Form article about a review of the training surfaces at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The executive director of the New York State Gaming Commission said at a recent meeting that Saratoga’s operator, the New York Racing Association, brought in Peterson, a racing-surface expert, to examine the tracks in the wake of 10 exercise-related musculoskeletal fatalities, according to the article. Peterson’s review found that the “2016 main-track surface meets standards consistent with previous years,” the article states.