Queensland Harness Racing- a simple fix before it's too late..

[Wiley]

Racing Queensland please take note and take an example from HRNSW and HRV... Open country tracks and expand the sport before there is NOTHING left.. The sport is already on the bones of its backside in the sunshine state.. And before too long it will be beyond repair.

My thoughts are..

Make Marburg a TAB venue on at least Sky 2 Sunday, simply change their Saturday's to Sunday's..

Reopen Toowoomba and Maryborough..
I have it from a very good source that the very successful Toowoomba track is still inside the gallop track (Race Thursday's)
Maryborough.. Kick off a Sunday circuit as per Marburg.. No racing on that day means no chance of income.. Allegedly the track at Maryborough was brought back to racing standard a few years ago..

So there's three TAB tracks to provide opportunities for the sport to grow into regional QLD... While it attempts to eliminate the "Stalemate" it's currently in.. (Not much cost, infrastructure in most cases is already in place)..

Interested to know everyone's thoughts?

[Messenger]

I don't know much about Qld racing William but it sounds feasible to me.
How many country tracks host harness racing in Qld at present?

[Wiley]

The answer to that one is 1 I guess... Marburg.. Non tabs on a Saturday.. Beats me why these are non tabs when in any other state they'd be covered by the Tab..

Interesting that maybe 10 or so years ago there were 5 tracks outside Brisbane and a grand total of 9 tracks, no it's down to 3.. Albion, Redcliffe and Marburg

The problems created by this are..
Stale racing product
A declining licencee population
A decline in public interest
A decline in the breeding industry

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL!