Demi Song bounced his way into Canadian Thoroughbred record books at Woodbine Aug. 30 when the gelding won the first race over the track’s new Polytrack surface.

Woodbine is only the second track in North America to hold a race meeting on the wax-coated sand, fiber and recycled material surface. It offers a high and even absorption rate and a much safer and softer surface for racehorses.

Certainly Demi Song, ridden by longtime Woodbine jockey Emile Ramsammy loved the spring to his step, winning by 10 3/4 over his five rivals.

“From the moment I heard about (Polytrack) and what it did as far as reduction of injuries to horses, I was determined that we had to do it,” said David Willmot, president and chief executive officer of Woodbine Entertainment