I love Gloucester Park, it is a very special place in Perth (I even had photos taken outside the gates on my wedding day!) but I have a massive conflict:

- I love being close to the action at GP, hearing the pounding of the track as the horses go past the finishing post on lap 1, 2 and 3 is fantastic - you feel part of it and it definitely is a differentiator.
BUT
- As an owner of a horse or two, I feel at the mercy of the barrier gods given the times being run and the amount of benefit certain draws present (unless I have the wonder horse: Quinny!)
and therefore, prefer my horses racing on the bigger tracks.

So, there is a catch-22
- Improve the track and make it like Menangle = owners are going to be happier to pay for horses to come over from NZ and east coast // but it reduces the spectacle...
OR
- Keep the track as it is = quality of fields may be lower but the spectacle is retained.

Maybe there is a middle ground - but I don't know what it is...