We had a galloper once, Swift Pago, that we nursed back from a badly bowed tendon to race at Ascot. We drove up from Busselton to see him race and I remember even as a wee girl being SO annoyed that we weren't allowed to go see him in the stalls like we could with our trotters. Like you say Kev, they could build a pathway behind a fence that runs along the stall area so the public can see the horses. It'd be great for the public to see horses like Lazarus or Lenny up close. Perhaps they could have a contest every meeting for a meet and greet with a horse. Kids would eat that up
Our local Busso trots doesn't have any kind of barrier or fence and it's great. Anyone can go and say hi to the dobbins, with the only risk being accidental swallowing of a dungbeetle *vomit*