I can see why they would choose this particular Saturday as a point of difference from Menangle's card - whom they were not going to be able to compete with, with a pacing card

I don't get many opportunities to get to Melton but I wouldn't go for an all trotting card
I don't dislike the gait and I am not a punter

I think, if I was to put it crudely, they are like the minor league in this country
They don't have as many 2yo and 3yo races in a season like the pacers have and I like to follow horses right from their juvenile days. Weight of numbers I know

Are nights like this a way to change things or are they better off finding converts on a mixed gait program?

Thoughts?