[QUOTE=Amlin;44600]There's a solution to Australia's trotting problems summed up in one paragraph in my opinion. Ironically, we had such a system in place going back 20 - 30 years, but it has been progressively pulled apart and destroyed over time.
I agree that the shrinking of opportunities at the grassroots level has seriously shrunk the access of the small time or hobby owner/trainer/driver..and breeder
The Canadian OSS Grassroots racing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIrWW6uUjbM
and the US Fair Circuit http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/article.aspx?
articleid=64181&zoneid=1
are good examples bot of `what we have lost ...racing at Agricultural Shows and the Victorian Restricted meetings,...and what others have done to retain a broad base.
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