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| People. To see, or not to see? KyHarnessRacing.com
at a county fair and see....people. If you were lucky, you would see someone that you knew. Today, it's just the opposite. You're lucky to see someone that you don't know. What happened? What changed?
huge part of the county fair. As a child I remember begging for money, from my parents, to play in the midway of the county fair. While they raced their horses, we had fun riding the rides and playing games. The excitement was in the air. It was far from boring. Does harness racing avoid the crowds? There was a time when fair racing was the main event, at the county fair. Some were on held Friday and Saturdays. Somewhere along the way, we began to give up those valuable days to more laid back and less attractive days. Before we knew it, horsemen were saying to one another, "there aren't many people in the stands". Do we want to have harness racing on a day or night, when the larger crowds are there?
fair will have the least amount of people?
best crowds. But, at what cost? Doesn't it make more sense to take full advantage of the maximum exposure, rather than settling for the least exposure. Especially, when it's free. Has harness racing lost the ability to deal with people? Did people stop going to see harness racing?
can be done to expose harness racing to more people. Any decisions made should be what's best for...harness racing. Harness racing can regain the ability to enjoy the best crowds. We can bring harness racing back. However, it will take right Attitudes. |
| Questions need to be ask now, not later 3/27/07 KyHarnessRacing.com
rejected a license application for a dual breed racetrack in southeastern Kentucky (Standardbred/Quarter horse). Keep in mind, this was originally a Harness/Standardbred license. Riverside Downs was the last place to hold this license. The horsemen, especially their leaders, need to ask the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority questions. A good time to start, right now. A good place to start should be to call:
Here are some questions that you may want to ask. Question. How can the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority deny an application for dual breed racetrack and grant this license for a location less than 30 miles from the track that was denied?
Question. If this license is granted, and Kentucky gets slot machines, what happens to Thunder Ridge?
only 75 to 80 days of harness racing in Kentucky, losing the race dates at Thunder Ridge would mean losing almost 40 percent of our dates. That's a huge loss no matter how you look at it. Kentucky can't lose anymore harness race dates. Question. Doesn't it make more sense to buy the existing track and move it to London, and work together? Question. Where are the Standardbred people on the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority? Question. What does Marc Guilfoil, Director of Standardbred Racing, think about this?
So far mums the word from the KHRA and the KHHA.
love the sport of harness racing in Kentucky, make a phone call. It's easy to say what should have been done after the fact. It takes courage to act now. Your support is needed. Your voice does matter. |