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

Harness fans, WE NEED YOU!

08 May 2012
by Dale Walker


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http://www.harness.org.au/news/images/main/5539.jpg We Want You.


As of today HRNSW is running a competition for all of our Facebook followers in relation to a fast paced series at Menangle during the month of July. Our working concept has been called the ‘Hot Foot Series’, but we NEED YOU to come up with something better and more catchy.
YOU have one week to get your thinking caps on and market a name for the following;
*Six races (heats) each Monday for three weeks to be run at 20 minute intervals.
*Six finals on the fourth Monday worth $12,000 each
*All races over 1000 metres.
*All runners will carry coloured coded silks and saddle cloths, same colour concept as the greyhounds.
The winner with the best name will receive a $200 TAB betting voucher whilst two runners up will get to pick an item from the HRNSW Merchandise store.
So, what are you waiting for, get thinking and come up with a name with a twist.
All you have to do is join the HRNSW page on Facebook and enter your thoughts. Good luck...

Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) is the controlling body for harness racing in New South Wales with responsibility for commercial and regulatory management of the industry including 31 racing clubs across the State. HRNSW is headed by an industry-appointed Board of Directors and is independent of Government.
To arrange an interview or for further information please contact:
Name: Dale Walker
Position: Marketing Manager
Phone: (02) 9722 6600
Email: dwalker@hrnsw.com.au

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Just when I thought I had seen it all, or at least a very large slice thereof.
*All runners will carry coloured coded silks and saddle cloths, same colour concept as the greyhounds. No Owners colours, instead the same colour concept as the Greyhounds? THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE SHOCKER!
Why don't we have a freaking rabbit on a stick whizzing around inside the pylons as well?
Not one of your greatest ideas fellas. Tell Sky Channel to go jam it up their clackers. Harness Racing should never be reduced to an Equine version of Dog Lotto.

If it is possible to run races 20 minutes apart for this concept at July Monday meetings why is it impossible to do the same at regular Monday meetings? It is brain numbing to endure the interval between races at Monday and Tuesday meetings.

VVV, spot on, I understand there will be a special trainers award for the first horse to "Cock his Leg".

I don't have any great problem with any other aspect of it...even the 1000m scamper which is hardly a race IMO but nonetheless...it's all fairly reasonable, save the changes to Colours.

If the TAB/Sky think for one minute that they're going to force Greyhound colours onto us then they've got another thing coming. They'll have to rip ours from my dead clenched fist. This is burning torch and pitchfork stuff.

Perhaps they should also go and tell some of the big TB Owners/Stables/Studs etc. that they too have to race in Greyhound colours. Go & tell Singo or Gerry Harvey their horses'll now be racing in whatever colour coded clap trap the dishlickers run with. No doubt the responses would be unprintable/unrepeatable.

This is another one of those 'grab a lump of wood and club it to death before it grows wings and flies' moments.
It's the thin edge of the wedge. If it's not given a nice old seeing to by one and all, well, before you know it there'll be Strappers wandering around in cheap looking hired Tuxedos & they'll have Fred doing Windy Peak Chardonnay ads between races and the whole thing will go to Hell in a Hand Cart.

Stop being such big cry babies over a set of colours, let's wait and see what the punters think of the idea.

As far as the colours go, I don't think they'll give a bugger. No doubt some boffin or infestation thereof, trapped for 8hrs a day in a pre-fab cubical down at Pyrmont, has come up with the race in Dogs colours and shorten the race distance aspects....but they've got the the real hook almost as an afterthought, 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.

I am one of the few owners who actually have their own colours, and i dont have any real problem with trying something different.

The reality is we need to try different things and if this happens to work and create more interest and in turn more revenues for the industry, then Im prepared to forego my colours even if i do enjoy seeing them go round.

The main problem with our industry as a whole is that everyone from breeders, to owners to trainers and drivers are all so protective of their own interests, that nobody really considers what is good for harness racing...

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Originally Posted by Triple V

Just when I thought I had seen it all, or at least a very large slice thereof.
*All runners will carry coloured coded silks and saddle cloths, same colour concept as the greyhounds. No Owners colours, instead the same colour concept as the Greyhounds? THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE SHOCKER!
Why don't we have a freaking rabbit on a stick whizzing around inside the pylons as well?
Not one of your greatest ideas fellas. Tell Sky Channel to go jam it up their clackers. Harness Racing should never be reduced to an Equine version of Dog Lotto.

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As long as they don't market it as "same as the greyhounds"...

Having written that, You know when nominating what the conditions are, don't like the conditions don't nominate is one option. But is it not also similar to the League teams changing their shirts for one round to support a cause?

If it generates extra interest, investment, it can't all be bad

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Originally Posted by mightymo

I am one of the few owners who actually have their own colours, and i dont have any real problem with trying something different.

The reality is we need to try different things and if this happens to work and create more interest and in turn more revenues for the industry, then Im prepared to forego my colours even if i do enjoy seeing them go round.

The main problem with our industry as a whole is that everyone from breeders, to owners to trainers and drivers are all so protective of their own interests, that nobody really considers what is good for harness racing...

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So true, if we are to move forward we must accept new ideas or at the very least give them a trial.

Fair Dinkum some of you blokes would boo Santa Claus. HRNSW looking outside the square to increase turnover and we get all the negatives. Did not see in press release where it was compulsory for you to nominate. Answer simply don't race on Mondays where you will be forced to wear silks that are going to make the public easy to follow their horse and increase turnover. Greyhounds are way in front of harness in turnover despite this harness get a bigger cut of the pool. Asked to wear these silks for $12,000 prizemoney for final aside what you may win in heats is too much you guys would be for better off wearing the old family favourites on a Tuesday for $5,500

We sat with a couple of Victorian owners at the ID10 final and they were adamant that we would see 800m races sooner rather than later.At the time I thought "no,never" but now? Why not?

Having had a further think about this,why not have a go.Only thing is,announced 8 May to run in July.Does not seem like a plan rather that some-one's had a brain wave That is not to rubbish the idea,it just seems a bit ad-hoc.

I wish people would stop complaining. It is something different and well worth a try.

I think that this idea has been about for two years and is just starting to come to fruition. We are going out backwards at the moment so worth giving it a try but of course the "old school" will have a field day. Not an industry that embraces any kind of change readily.

The Greyhounds are tanning our butts in TAB turnover why wouln,t the administrators obsessed withTAB/electronic punter not look at dressing up harness racing as psuedo greyhound racing. Perhaps we could stick fibro cut outs of greyhounds on the sides of the sulkies. South Australia already races for stakes less than the puppies.

Something new. What on earth is there to be scared of? I reckon trainers will support this big time. Running it over 4 consecutive weeks will give all and sundry every opportunity to gauge how successful it will be, both by revenue and as a visual spectacle. They have built a track for speed, why not give it a burn. Could be the perfect series for some of the speedy squibs that can't get the mile.

If it fails, it fails. What is the worst thing that can happen? An experiment that fails. So what. Punters will still bet on them around the pubs and clubs. Minimal risk for a possible gain.

On the colours, taking it one step further, especially from a club/pub perspective, the punter who bets on whatever is next up on the screen would soon be able to start identifying his horses better over the background noise or lack of volume, with a longer term possibility of wagering increasing on the sport. Of course this is not what the purists would like to see in the long term (myself included) but if it is the way of the future, so be it. Small price to pay.

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Originally Posted by Tangles

The Greyhounds are tanning our butts in TAB turnover why wouln,t the administrators obsessed withTAB/electronic punter not look at dressing up harness racing as psuedo greyhound racing. Perhaps we could stick fibro cut outs of greyhounds on the sides of the sulkies. South Australia already races for stakes less than the puppies.

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Instead of fibro cut outs of greyhounds, why not attach well known dog food brands to the sulkies, like MEATIE BITES, PAL, CHUM etc. We might be able to attract new corporate sponsorhips and the signs can send subliminal messages to the horses they are attached to, to go quicker or else....

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Originally Posted by Tangles

The Greyhounds are tanning our butts in TAB turnover why wouln,t the administrators obsessed withTAB/electronic punter not look at dressing up harness racing as psuedo greyhound racing. Perhaps we could stick fibro cut outs of greyhounds on the sides of the sulkies. South Australia already races for stakes less than the puppies.

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Originally Posted by Daryll Jackson

Fair Dinkum some of you blokes would boo Santa Claus. HRNSW looking outside the square to increase turnover and we get all the negatives. Did not see in press release where it was compulsory for you to nominate. Answer simply don't race on Mondays where you will be forced to wear silks that are going to make the public easy to follow their horse and increase turnover. Greyhounds are way in front of harness in turnover despite this harness get a bigger cut of the pool. Asked to wear these silks for $12,000 prizemoney for final aside what you may win in heats is too much you guys would be for better off wearing the old family favourites on a Tuesday for $5,500

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Half false, it doesn't truly reflect the situation.

Per capita, per race, per horse however you want to put it we are in front. But because they have double the races they end up with a higher figure in the 'total' column.
Because they have double the meetings they also have more costs associated with putting them on Sky which is why their cut is smaller.

And if you did want to follow greyhounds into something to increase TAB turnover...it would be getting rid of drivers and the horses steering themselves.

Pinjarra HRC have been running a similar concept for a couple of years called "Super 9s".
http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-re...PA050312&ms=wa
They schedule the meet for the Labour Day public holiday in March each year. 9 races, 9 per race, all run over a mile, and drivers where the silks as described in HRNSW's release. Seems to have been a success as they have no plans to change it. I don't mind the novelty factor and it is positive if it makes more people tune in. 20 minutes between races is good also. The only negative for me is 1000m races.

This has been for me an interesting debate so I have decided to add my views and some facts.

1 Set Colors

As a concept I love the idea because most punters have no idea of the different owners colors and it makes it difficult for them to follow a horses in a race, however that is only conceptually, if I was an owner footing the bills I want my colors going around, the answer is very simple have set colors for the saddle cloths make them bigger so they can be seen and have a cloth cover for the helmet same as the saddle cloth color this way the punter can follow and the owner or stable get to use their silks, a win without a loss to anyone and some gains in ease for the viewer.

2 Distance

Not a drama for mine, in NSW we have already run a couple of sky series where the races were run down to 1300m also Fairfield ran 1300m dashes as well, the industry did not grind to a halt and in fact the races were pretty popular with good interest from a participation perspective and I think the turnover was good as well. It should be remembered the gallops can run 800m races but for the number of races they conduct we hardly see any.

3 Timing

This long term will be a bigger issue because harness has to fit into a bigger overall schedule including the 3 codes and a number of countries, there is already a major fight in the gallops where some states want to go back to 30 minute intervals others want to stay on 40. The fact is that when they tried the 30mins in Victoria recently with everyone else staying on the 40 mins split turnover overall went through the floor, we need to be careful. Across the world experts on wagering will tell you timing is everything. NSW harness racing is blessed in that regard because that is a field in which their CEO Sam Nati is an expert of the highest standard.

In relation to turnover and return to industry by the TAB, this is governed by an agreement that was worked out years ago based partly on approximation of turnover at the time. It is true that Harness is paid more than it produces and you would have to believe in the Easter Bunny if you think the other codes will continue to allow this to happen long term. Would Harness if it was earning more allow it, I think not.
The agreement called the Intracode is not easy to change but it will happen one day as surely as night follow day and harness needs to grow its turnover to ensure its returns.

Finally I am old enough to remember when Kerry Packer said we should play one day cricket in colored clothing, the establishment said it would not work, funny it did and now they have a found a new way to reinvent an old idea with 20X20 , already with a brand change to T20, again this will not work, try telling that to those playing in the Indian league or better still to their tax agents sure looks like its working to me.

Then we have Super League, god I hated it all these bloody stoppages so a bloke called the video ref can decide on a try I hated it because I was a traditionalist, now I love it and wonder how we ever decided on a try without it and yes I hate to admit it, it has added a new dimension to the game.

Does anyone honestly think Harness is going so well that some new dimensions might not help it

If being able to identify colours is such a big deal....take me out to Randwick when they let them go from the Mile and point out the Punters with eyesight like Peregrine Falcons...the ones who can spot the colours in a pack in a TB race or better still, stand in any TAB, PubTAB or ClubTAB & point out same. Better still, find me a bunch of them that give a fat rats arse what colours they are wearing. Fair dinkum. Making it easier for the Punters to ID the colours...what a huge steaming load of old bollocks that is. Absolute crap. THEY FOLLOW NUMBERS FELLAS, NUMBERS!!!!!!
On that very score....Saddle Cloths with whapping great Numbers on them, that's another story. Great idea. Go for Gold! Colour Code the Hell out of those buggers...no problems...but as for the Owner's Colours...go to buggery, hands off, leave them alone, access denied. Forbidden.

Oh dear Jamie THEY FOLLOW NUMBERS,NUMBERS you can not see the numbers the only winner here is OPSM If you watch a dog race do you look for the No1 or a red rug. Go the color move with the times very few people still have black and white televisions. If its going to be unbearable for you may not have to watch Menangle Mondays in July

Have a look at the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhFYsdBgYk at the bottom of the screen around the track go the colour coded numbers of the horses in their own race. Wait for horses to pass the post firs time for the numbers to appear. This system known as the Trakus chiclet system is available for harness and gallops tracks. I think Singapore gallops use it regularly. For those who have no idea of trainer, owner or driver colours or for that matter a horse's racing pattern and race tactics they can simply watch the red or the blue and boot home the colour of their choice. Trakus also provides form charts based on the distance horse has run and times at certain tracking points. Can we spend some money on this system here?

Well Jamie finally seems we have something we can at least partially agree on . I think large colour coded numbers should be standardised across all tracks. As for the owners silks that is one thing I would personally, happily forgo infavour of driver colours as in America. That I think would benefit turnover and help to establish drivers as a more marketable commodity.

My mind is not made up about 1000m races but my instincts don't like it. As for punters correct me if I'm wrong but don't they steer away at menangle already because the form doesn't stack up from the smaller tracks. How do you do the form for these 1000m races then, or are these just supposed to be a lottery product?

Bloody typical,sit back,whinge,bitch,blame the committee,blame the government,blame anybody who doesn't agree with the status quo,blame anybody who agrees with the status quo,do something,do nothing and on and on.
New idea,sit back,whinge,bitch,blame the committee,blame the government,blame anybody who doesn't agree with the status quo,blame anybody who agrees with the status quo,do something,do nothing and on and on.

It's pretty obvious that we're all here on this site banging away at each other...ultimately because we all want 1 thing, that which is the very best for the Harness Racing Industry.

At the same time some of those who are actually paid by the Industry to be of service to and to look after the best interest of the Industry are instead jockying for the next slot at the TAB and they're playing a big game of 'watch me go' in order to achieve that goal and far too often, intentionally or otherwise, at our expense.
Perhaps we're just factored into the bigger scheme of things, by them, as being a little 'collateral damage' along their road to greatness?
In much the same fashion as the ACTU is quite regularly used by the various Labor Party Factionistas as a stepping stone to Federal Politics, I've long feared Harness Racing could be/ is being used by similar creatures as a stepping stone to other things. That's a good reason why, when people you suspect to be TAB beholders, ride on into town & tell you that black is in fact white & red all over to boot...you need to at least take a moment to work out if they're still going to be here in 5 or 10 years time in order to answer for their sins if they're in fact wrong.

A late mate of mine used to speak with similar scorn and derision about the transient and all care but no responsibility nature of 'Consultants'.
"Oh look, there's an Industry that I can %$#& up and I can get paid to do it too" .....he would say as he flapped his outstretched arms in order to impersonate a huge Vulture and proceeded to circle the room, after a couple of passes then motioning to swoop down from on high in order to gorge itself at some poor insuspecting Industry's expense.

Is it just me, or do others also feel..circling above their heads, the disturbing presence of just such a metaphorical 'bird'?

I think the idea of large number's or the coloured number's as the greyhounds wear has merit, but i don't agree with the driver colours like they do in America. I don't race many but when i do i like my colours to be worn and as i'm the one who pay's the bill i should hold that right, i think the American colours idea was bandy about a few years ago and if i remember rightly Mick (Lombo) Lombardo had a bit to say on this issue and he was against it.

G'day Dallas,
The Drivers Colours Only idea came courtesy of Minty Man Number 1, now spokesman for Sportsbet.

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Originally Posted by dizzy

How do you do the form for these 1000m races then, or are these just supposed to be a lottery product?

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BINGO! I was driving along in the car today talking to my brother and we hit on exactly the same question. This common ground that we're finding Dot, it's a bit unsettling huh?

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Originally Posted by Daryll Jackson

Oh dear Jamie THEY FOLLOW NUMBERS,NUMBERS you can not see the numbers the only winner here is OPSM If you watch a dog race do you look for the No1 or a red rug. Go the color move with the times very few people still have black and white televisions. If its going to be unbearable for you may not have to watch Menangle Mondays in July

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[VVV] They're in order with their colours 1st-2nd-3rd-4th across the bottom of the screen Daryll. Maybe I inhabit the wrong places but nobody I've ever been with in the TAB or on course shouts out "GO THE BLACK WITH THE WHITE LIGHTNING BOLT, PURPLE CAP AND PINK CUFFS". :rolleyes:

It seems the colored cloths idea is getting some merit any views on the matching helmets leaving the owners colors as still there.

I reckon could live with that VOR...the only technical issue at hand being the vastly different array of helmets worn, both old and new, and how in the Hell would you put one on/make it stay there? The Coloured cloths would have to have BIG/CLEARLY VISIBLE NUMBERS on them. That has a fair bit of merit.

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Originally Posted by Triple V

I reckon could live with that VOR...the only technical issue at hand being the vastly different array of helmets worn, both old and new, and how in the Hell would you put one on/make it stay there? The Coloured cloths would have to have BIG/CLEARLY VISIBLE NUMBERS on them. That has a fair bit of merit.

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From a technical aspect not a drama there are many different sizes of Jockey helmet across the would the best and I am told tried system is lycra covers they stretch well and with a good elastic band you will find they fit most helmet variations, needs to be bigger than Jockeys but I have no doubt it can work

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Originally Posted by Thevoiceofreason

From a technical aspect not a drama there are many different sizes of Jockey helmet across the would the best and I am told tried system is lycra covers they stretch well and with a good elastic band you will find they fit most helmet variations, needs to be bigger than Jockeys but I have no doubt it can work

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[VVV] Nice one. Good old Lycra.
We suffered its many and varied visual obscenities all throughout the 80's (those lycra pants that were everywhere and more often than not seen to be cladding less than built for lycra style bodies) only close on 30 years later to have it come to our aid. That sounds like a plan.
On the score of Lycra...here's a fair old slice of it. Just don't click on this unless your pace maker is in good order. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_fCqg92qks&ob=av2e
Now THAT'S Entertainment. :rolleyes: The bloke in the black shorts...he looks a lot like you VOR.

I know my eyesight is not great but there is no chance of me being able to identify runners by the different coloured caps that drivers might be wearing, or by the colour of the saddlecloth. By the way, Harold Park used to have a different coloured saddlecloth for each number.
Currently when I watch a race I distinguish horses because I generally know who the trainer is and therefore what colours it races in. It is very easy to see that the Robinson trained horse is leading from the Fitzpatrick trained horse, the Day trained horse is behind the leader and the Turnbull horse has galloped and is last, etc.

Under the proposal, after initially learning which colour corresponds to which number, (and assuming that my eyesight was good enough to identify the colours), I would be able to see that the pink (No 1) is leading from the green (No. 5), the black (No 3) is behind the leader and the blue (No. 8) has galloped and is last. Providing I have memorized the field and their barrier positions before each race there won't be a problem. I will easily be able to watch a race converting as I look at each runner the saddlecloth / cap colour to a barrier number to the perfectly memorised name of the horse that was drawn in that barrier.

I think I will stay in the restaurant and listen to Fred.

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Originally Posted by eliteblood

I know my eyesight is not great but there is no chance of me being able to identify runners by the different coloured caps that drivers might be wearing, or by the colour of the saddlecloth. By the way, Harold Park used to have a different coloured saddlecloth for each number.
Currently when I watch a race I distinguish horses because I generally know who the trainer is and therefore what colours it races in. It is very easy to see that the Robinson trained horse is leading from the Fitzpatrick trained horse, the Day trained horse is behind the leader and the Turnbull horse has galloped and is last, etc.

Under the proposal, after initially learning which colour corresponds to which number, (and assuming that my eyesight was good enough to identify the colours), I would be able to see that the pink (No 1) is leading from the green (No. 5), the black (No 3) is behind the leader and the blue (No. 8) has galloped and is last. Providing I have memorized the field and their barrier positions before each race there won't be a problem. I will easily be able to watch a race converting as I look at each runner the saddlecloth / cap colour to a barrier number to the perfectly memorised name of the horse that was drawn in that barrier.

I think I will stay in the restaurant and listen to Fred.

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There is no doubt what you say is right to some degree, but the dogs have proved it works, punters do not have to think one is always the red ect .. for those that know the Trainers colors it is of zero assistance I agree but the truth is most punters do not know them, the HP numbers were not big enough to distinguish they need to be bigger if you are going to try it,

Many of our better punters will tell you they already use the driver helmets to follow a runner rather than the colors so it must work, I know in the Junior Drivers races where the leader in the pointscore always wore a yellow helmet cover it stuck out like dogs you know what.

Most Punters watch only one or two in a race the one they backed and the danger.

I just think it is better than taking away from the owners and trainers colors.

Bill,

I agree that it is better option than taking away the owners / trainers colours.
Most punters may only watch one or two runners and the proposed system would work well for those people. They would just need to watch the red and the green and ignore everything else (probably very much the case with greyhound punters with the race over so quickly) Incidentally, the greyhounds don't really have any option of identifying runners other than a box number related colour.
In your junior drivers example it would be quite simple to identify before a race that one standout helmet (yellow) is being worn by Radish. Impossible, IMO, to memorize 10 horses each race by virtue of their cap colour, unless your first name is Fred and your surname rhymes with pastings.

From a logistical perspective, should it be adopted that drivers race in colours that correspond to the barrier number, each club would need at least 24 and possibly more sets of dry colours and the same again in wet weather colours to buy and have laundered after each meeting.

Been a way for a few days in the bush with my bloody bill paying time consumer (job).

read most of the posts briefly on this thread, my personal opinion, for what it's worth, is that the whole concept is nothing new at all, it's just a collage' of copies!!

If thats the best our marketing people can come up with we are in bigger trouble than I have ever imagined!

Our game first suffered in the hands of "copiers' about thirty five years ago, when some self serving people convinced the administrators that we should copy the US racing product of mostly mobile racing, over usually shorter distances, on bigger tracks!! these same people were blessed with foresight weren't they?

This latest "brainchild" is basically telling us it's good idea to copy what the dogs are doing! Short races, consistent number/colour identification,short race intervals in a heats /finals sequence. Talk about being mentally challenged, I'd like to challenge the orchestrators of this bullshit to display where the data came from to support this mindless experiment. There'd be no surprises from where I'm sitting.

I am not the only person that has been saying we are inept at marketing our product these days, and I truly hope that this shortsighted, cheap idea does not get off the ground.

Shame on us for belittling the uniqueness of our brand to completely abandon it for a trashy, trashy cheap shot such as this.

SOMEBODY PLEASE EITHER SHOOT US OR SAVE US, to completey discard our point of difference is bloody MINDLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

G'day all,

I just sent this to another forum and am reproducing it here. (if I can get the font to work properly)

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There’s a basic inescapable biological aspect that none of these imbeciles ever seems to take into account and one that will always prevent Horse Racing in general from becoming the churn & burn poker machines on legs Dog Lotto style product that they so heinously desire and that is Greyhounds have multiple births...asopposed to 1 foal per year if you’re lucky.
They produce Litters of Pups each time & multiple litters a year (2 at least, sometimes 3 if you want to put the pressure on) and if from the resultant 4-5-6+ pups x 2 or 3 per year they find that better than 75% of them are flat out scooting to the letter box they just send them off to the grim reaper who for a few bucks knocks them on the head and buries them, and they go back and knock their ‘Bitch’ up again and the sausage machine continues unabated.

Horse Racing, both Harness and TB, has a completely different reproductive paradigm.....and so the $$$ and time invested in each ‘unit’ (Christ, I’m sounding like one of the the brain dead strokers that inhabit the respective TAB) is obviously far, far greater. They’d ALL do well to keep that in mind when they line up with their bullshit 1000m races bedecked in Greyhound colours proposals. What distresses me more than anything else is that our Industry Administrators, instead of focussing on what makes Harness Racing different from the Dishlickers, are falling in line to copy it.
The Barbarians are at the gate. We’ve got a swathe of shareholder beholding TAB bean counters & associated minions who want to/are prepared to take Harness Racing and cookie cutter it and belt it around and copy a totally different code and by way of doing so turn it into an equine version of Wentworth Park and it needs to be clubbed to death before it grows wings and flies.