The racing surface is the synthetic material Tapeta Footings (a mixture of sand, rubber, fiber with a wax coating). It was the first synthetic horse racetrack longer than  in the Northeast and the first racetrack paved with Tapeta in the United States.
The racing surface is made of Tapeta Footings, which includes sand, rubber, fiber coated with wax. This material established the first synthetic horse racetrack exceeding in length in the Northeast and was also the inaugural racetrack covered with Tapeta in the U.S.