Gloucester Park.

[aussiebreno]

I was at Gloucester Park last Friday night. There was a restricted 50K feature but it was, in essence, a run of the mill night of racing.

I've seen vastly less people at feature race nights in NSW, QLD and VIC where it's free entry. Entry into Gloucester Park is $12.

The dining areas were packed, the members looked busy and there were a lot of families. There was also a lot of younger people there in groups kicking off a night out. Which is how I got into Harness Racing.

The track is immaculate. It's incredibly clean, there's atmosphere and of course the racing is second to none. I took a couple of clients with me (locals) on Friday night who hadn't been before and they'll be back for sure.

If you want to remember how great a night at the Trots can be, put Gloucester Park on your Harness Racing bucket list.

You old buggers might have to google these guys (and I apologise for introducing anyone to them) but popular with young girls is a show called Geordie Shore. I had the displeasure of watching a few episodes over the weekend but there was a highlight when they visited Menangle for the trots.
Given two thing a) they were filming at the track and showed vision of the trots and b) when Geordie Shore came to a Wagga pub there was advertising for weeks on end I am assuming NSWHRC knew about Geordie Shores upcoming attendance. If they did not I apologise and ignore this criticism. But I don't recall any advertising at the time (this was early 2013 when Geordie Shore went to the track) and a quick google search provides nothing on the matter. Geordie Shore is an absolute advertising gold mine for the 18-30yo females...which in turn gets male as well. Yet nothing! Why?????

I went to Sheparton Saturday night and even though that track is a bit out of town as well (ok nothing like Menangle but still) there was still a lot of young people there who didn't really seem to be taking too much interest in the trots - just kicking off a big night. Good crowd there as well.