Hi Kevin,
Agree with every word you said there. I'm a cynical person by nature and when I see huge improvements in racing performances (one horse I could name but won't of course) and generally trained by one of the ''big boys'' I'm left more than wondering. I think your racing identity friend has a pretty good insight with regards to harness racing not existing in a few years (personally,I'll give it about 10) and if it does survive it will exist in a much reduced state. I hope this is not the case but when greyhound racing has overtaken harness racing for the punting dollar you have to worry for the future of the sport.