There is a new set of dates out
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...tes-confirmed/
I thought there were some between these 2 lists but I cannot find them (probably my imagination that I thought there was to be one at Stawell)
I did direct Dayle to a couple of forum threads that have a bevy of Big Ideas
Thinking about it my biggest suggestion would be to throw everything at creating our equivalent of a Melbourne Cup (one of the existing classics)
It will take a decade or two to reap results but I believe we have to have an event that puts us at the front of the stage - with massive promotion that results in 50%+ of the population knowing it is on (this same day of the year every year)
I believe the Melbourne Cup did so much to put horse racing in the minds of the general public for previous generations (now the Cox Plate, Everest, Winx have too)
At present we would be lucky to find that 10% of the population know Harness Racing exists