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    Junior Member Foal Patrick.H will become famous soon enough
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    Harness Racing Research Project

    Hi, my name is Patrick, over the last few months i have been working on my research project which is related to harness racing. my research question is 'To what extent can the major issues within the harness racing industry be addressed to insure its longevity?'
    As part of my research project I have created a survey on the issues of harness racing.
    If you would like to complete my survey, please copy the url below into your url bar at the top of your browser or click on the url. The survey is only 7 or so questions long, and should only take up to 5 minutes of your time. It is also largely opinion based.
    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3KSX3BX

    Thank you to anyone who completes the survey for me, you will have been a great help!

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    Hi Patrick, great to see your interest. I have completed your survey and would recommend it to others. The sport's slide is probably due to greater and more complex factors than your survey questions touch on. If you are looking to take an academic approach to the topic I would recommend a book called A Global Racecourse which was published in 2008 by the Australian Society For Sports History. There is an excellent chapter called Taking The Heat Out of The Red Hots by a gentleman named Wayne Peake. Of course there are many more avenues of inquiry you can take and you could probably write a thesis if you had the time and inclination - that's how our interesting our sport is! Good luck!

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    Thanks Patrick, luckily I have a couple of hours left to unwind before bed (I'm a night owl) as that survey certainly got me wound up. I hope you end up one of our saviours
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    Quote Originally Posted by Excursion View Post
    Hi Patrick, great to see your interest. I have completed your survey and would recommend it to others. The sport's slide is probably due to greater and more complex factors than your survey questions touch on. If you are looking to take an academic approach to the topic I would recommend a book called A Global Racecourse which was published in 2008 by the Australian Society For Sports History. There is an excellent chapter called Taking The Heat Out of The Red Hots by a gentleman named Wayne Peake. Of course there are many more avenues of inquiry you can take and you could probably write a thesis if you had the time and inclination - that's how our interesting our sport is! Good luck!
    I too will have to seek that one out David. It is strange how 'rogues' are seen as being particularly harmful to our code and yet the gallops seem to be impervious to theirs
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    we would all like to know how your survey went patrick.

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    Thanks Patrick, I'm sure you will see some common denominators in the results.

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    I've done the survey Patrick, was a bit disappointed "breeder" was not an option in the "whats your involvement" question. The most important people in my opinion !
    I honestly think the old board was to focused on raising turnover and let on course attendances drop so we now have a shortage of owners and breeders.
    Don't die wondering !

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    Quote Originally Posted by gutwagon View Post
    I've done the survey Patrick, was a bit disappointed "breeder" was not an option in the "whats your involvement" question. The most important people in my opinion !
    I honestly think the old board was to focused on raising turnover and let on course attendances drop so we now have a shortage of owners and breeders.
    Rest assured Rick, you were not the only one that made the point about attendance being the forerunner to ownership
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    There have not been to many positive initiatives in the past 10 to 15 years, the one that stands out the most to me are the pony trots. I think they are brilliant and are providing many future trainers and drivers. Just a pity there is nobody on course to see them besides trainers, owners and drivers.
    Also the reeducation programs for retired horses like" Raising The Standards" and "Hero" are a good thing for the industry.
    Don't die wondering !

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    I completed the survey Patrick, I thought it was a bit broad but well done for that and hope it provides enough worthwhile information. I also agree with the posts regarding the course attendance drops having a major impact.

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