Until a second ago, she had only been concerned with her powder-blue high heels sinking into the wet turf.

That could make the field slick, and wet turf could help the running back.

We were three knots of swirling blades, wet turf, and mud.

Fastening it behind her she started out across wet turf.

The center fielder charged the ball, which hit in front of him and skipped away on the wet artificial turf.

"Between the wind and wet turf, you never knew where it was going to go," Wolyniec said.

"My feet kind of went out from under me on the wet turf," Novacek said.

But Murrell carried just once, for 4 yards, before being removed because of the wet turf.

Any sort of wet turf is generally seen as an advantage for the European horses, who are more used to running in such conditions.

"Though I felt a little constrained by the wet turf."