Maybe one diamond in the compost heap?
The one & only thing I thought was a significant improvement were the larger saddle cloth numbers. MUCH BETTER. If anything they should take a crack at making them even bigger again if possible.
As for the Dishlicker colour scheme with another large number on the driver's back...that was nothing more than plagiarism being passed off as innovation and perpetrated by some brain dead tosser or group thereof down at Ultimo upon who's list/s of key objectives for the year was 'come up with innovative ideas'. For mine, it merely serves to underline just how totally bereft of ideas & talent they are down there.
HOWEVER if they were to extend the colour scheme to the saddle cloth along with the large numbers and leave it at that, I can live with it.
Racing over 1000m is also a double fisted wank carried out in a savage fashion because, as I mentioned in a related thread, if as opposed to the 1:08-9-10 it requires to go the 1000m....the extra 48-49-50 seconds it takes them to pace out a mile is the difference between maintaining the casual Punter's interest and not doing so...then we may as well all pack up and go home now. I don't believe it...as Rosario noted a day or two back and I totally agree with him...I have rarely if ever heard anyone in any TAB anywhere complain about the distance of a race. Form or lackthereof, yes. Other aspects, not much if ever.
On that score THE NSW TAB DOES AN ABSOLUTELY APPALLING JOB OF SEEING TO IT THAT THE FORM FOR EVERY SINGLE HARNESS RACING MEETING IS PROPERLY AND EXTENSIVELY AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN EACH AND EVERY VENUE THAT OFFERS THEIR SERVICES AS A TAB, PUBTAB OR CLUBTAB.
If I had a dollar for every time I've walked into any one of the above venues and found 4/5ths of sweet FA on offer by way of Harness Racing Form I'd be living in Monaco next door to Mick Doohan.
Instead of aiming up on that which you perceive to be the shortcomings of Harness Racing as a wagering product...HOW ABOUT TAKING A LOOK AT YOURSELVES FELLAS?
I know full well that you blokes read this stuff.
You have reapeatedly failed this Industry at every step of the way& for more years than I care to remember and yet you blokes have the astonishing hide to turn around and complain about lessening turnover...which by way of your long-term apathy re: the availability of form, is that to which you extensively contribute.
How about getting some Reps together and getting them off their arses and out there into the real world, get them into the TAB and the PUBTAB and CLUBTAB outlets and get them to prevail upon those places to actually PUT THE FORM UP and then make sure they do so and monitor same on an ongoing basis.
That'd be a start...don't you think?
Interior decorating & Hayes goes the Pork Chop
The colours...looked nice? Jesus wept profusely. A likeable fella is M. Radley but having been a Catching Pen talking head there for a while, in my book he will always be under some level of suspicion as Dishlicker stooge. :confused: Spare us the interior decorating angle Mick, please. It is already enough of an affront.
Incidentally, it should also be noted that right on cue there @ Menangle on Monday arvo Hayes duly went the Big ol' Pork Chop about how good it was, how the Trainers all liked the concept, how the absence of Owners colours generally weren't a big issue etc. Yeh right. That's an absolute leading by open lengths and rolling front runner for the Joseph Goebbels Best Propoganda Award for 2012. :eek:
To be fair, I suspect Hayes is just getting his ducks in a row & is set to make a play for a NSW based TAB Sportsbet Official Spruiker slot alongside his VIC based counterpart, TAB Sportsbet Official Spruiker & long-time Official Party Line regurgitator, Minty Man Number 1.