You see kevin the gallops dont have this ridiculous stand down rule on scratching, you just pay your vets fee or scratching fee and be done with it, so if a horse draws an unsuitable barrier, cant get the right jockey, it rains and the track wont suit the horse or the trainer just isn't happy with the race he/she can scratch and the emergency gains a run.
We are not afforded that in harness racing if you scratch your automatically stood down for at least 7 days from the race day not from the day you scratch even.
There really are some very comical rules in harness racing that are pretty prehistoric and certainly dont do anyone any favours, surely bog tracks deserve a no penalty scratching.
I suppose from someone who grew up in the thoroughbred industry the differences in the 2 codes is clearly obvious.

If we want more breeders than the overall value of the standardbred needs to rise because while ever its cheaper to buy than breed your going to struggle with breeder numbers