All runners to...same colour concept as the....WTF????????

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Originally Posted by Triple V

Hey Fred, c'mon now, level with me here.
Seeing as how they're going to debase the whole thing by having a crack over 5 furlongs whilst wearing Dog colours...accordingly, are you going to roll with some of Ambrosoli's material and tout
http://www.debortoli.com.au/uploads/pics/Windy_Peak.jpg
...'The Windy Peak range' from De Bortoli's? :rolleyes:

Without trying to put Fred out of a job, they could do the complete cross over of both codes and actually INVITE Paul to call the series, with some fine tuning to some of the harness terminology. After all, he does a pretty good with those 30 second dog calls, imagine how many times he could call the whole field over a minute. Would you let him in the box Fred?

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Originally Posted by gutwagon

Obviously Sky want shorter races so that they can play more adds !

[VVV] It's worse than that Ricky.
The TAB/Sky are like an Obstetrician who would prefer to deliver babies without the Mothers being present.
If the TAB/Sky could conduct racing without the Horses and the Dogs, then they would jump at the chance.
The animals required as wagering mediums...along with the people who own, train, drive and ride them are, for them, a neccessary evil.

A summary of possible names

So far...

The Windy Peak

The Corinthian Byfold Doors

The Radar O'Rielly

The Black Shiraz

The Menangle Bale

The Graeme Bate

The Flying Kennel

The Bunny's In Motion

and by the leading contender by wide open lengths...

Harness Done Doggy Style.

I would dearly like to claim the last one as it works on a number of levels however it came as an SMS early this morning & courtesy of a mate of mine.

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Originally Posted by Triple V

the shortening of intervals between races to 20mins. That's the single smartest change that they could make for the Punters. 1/2 an hour's too long.

Hi Triple . I remember all twilight meetings were run with races 20 minutes apart . It certainly proved successfull in the Hunter and there was very little confusion once people got used to it and an official took charge and kept all the participants moving .

G'day Mark,

You're right on the money.
The real absurdity however is that part of the proposal looks like a pushing of the Harness Racing Industry by the TAB to reduce the intervals between races...when in fact it is the TAB that are in sole control of those intervals. They schedule ALL the race times.
We should have 20 min. gaps across the board. I love Harness Racing and I still get bored shitless with the 1/2+ spans.
What we're going to get is the right thing, as in a shortening of the intervals, but for the wrong reasons...as in that being an integral part of the TAB's nothing short of disgraceful attempt at making Harness Racing into an Equine version of Dog Lotto.