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Hey Rod if you post enough you (and your WA mates) can make this forum predominantly West Australian.
You complain about no mention of Classic American's performance but aren't there a couple of million people in WA and a few harness followers who could have posted about this (including a retired RR). I want to read that sort of stuff but like you, mostly follow my state as they are the meetings I go to, the time zone I am in, etc etc but if I see something interesting like that on here I take notice (is that being egocentric?)

Nobody contributing to the forum is an employee of Harnesslink - we are all just enthusiasts like yourself. If nobody posts anything it simply means there is a lack of enthusiasm I guess. I think Ash has a point about Twitter being big with the young ones but following Carlton on the Big Footy forum, I know that that one AFL club has many times more traffic on its 1/18th of that particular forum, than we seem to generate for our whole industry so I think there is a place for forums and twitter.
I started this thread as a plea for people like your good self to help me try and get this forum ticking

You would generally expect to see a performance like Classic American's get a story in Harnesslink News (which can sometimes then prompt a thread on the forum by somebody) I wonder whether the HRWA's PR people are doing enough if we do not see this story, although you do get stories from all the states in Harnesslink News. Kyle Galley (poster Amlin on the forum) always gets stories on Harnesslink News about little old Warragul - before and after their meetings

One of the reasons I struggle to keep up with what is happening in the other states is that I cannot stand watching Sky 1/2 for too long - the endless barrage of gallops and dogs along with the trots is not relaxing viewing. If we had something like the new Ch7 gallops channel where they only cover a couple of premium meetings it would be compulsory pull up a chair and settle in stuff. Imagine being able to enjoy just Perth and Melbourne on Friday night and Sydney and Brisbane on Saturday night (and maybe Adelaide and Hobart on another). See the horses in the parade ring, have interviews, replays of form races etc

On the Cobalt issue I will beg to differ- we cannot sweep the drug problem under the carpet as it truly questions whether we are horse lovers or not

Keep posting info like the Classic American info and we will all take note. Cheers

ps If there was enough enthusiasm/traffic each state could have its own forum like each AFL team - after all little NZ has its own
Good call Kev.
if someone is interested in maybe one state or just FFA racing or just Junior racing, start a Thread about it, then like minded people who also like that flavour or genre so to speak can have their own little corner to passionately bang on about their topic.
thats what i did with the Trotters thread, maybe Rod you could start a GP or WA thread and then other Westerners would come and share what they know, who they spoke to on the track at the trials, whats new at Bunbury, whos the best horse in WA etc, you get the idea.
Same goes for any state in Australia, it could be a thread on Claiming races, it could be anything! have a think guys and gals and sorry Rod i gotta say it, why didnt you post and start a thread about Classic American? tell us whats happening in your state, educate us! You love your state you love GP you have passion for both and you can write, we are all ears-(eyes!).