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those were the days and they still existed just 15-20 years ago. That was when if you went to some of those summer racemeeting,especially the country ones,you had to bob and weave your way through the crowds near the tote as there was that many people standing around. The xmas at the races meetings would have full carparks and i remember the crowd being 4-5 deep the whole length of the straight at some of those christmas at the races meetings. you have a look at the oamaru car park tomorrow. You will be able to count the cars you see beyond the 100m on one hand. It was only 20 years ago they had a racemeeting there, where the entire car park was full. I know as i was there. 20 years ago i had 2 jobs. One had 35 people work there and 29 were regular weekly punters and most focussed on harness racing. Then the other job was a factory type job but 25% of the work force would have been punters. Trackside always playing in the background. Back then,if you had a bet you could listen to it on the radio on the racing channel that was dedicated solely to racing.You had free to air trackside tv. (they stopped that not long after-tv since reintstated recently)You had haness racing with win pools that averaged between $40,000-50,000. Thats just the win pools. I look back on old videos of races 20 years ago and marvel at that.You had no commingling, so punters foccussed on the local product as the australian products pools were too small to matter.20 years ago you had a generation of people aged between 50-70 who had been brought up in an era where racing,particularly harness racing in the south island,was very relevant. Back then you didn't have the tab saturating the customers with thousands of races to bet on like you do now,the focus was on local.You had clubs actively promoting on course attendance. change,well change is definetly not always for the better. Even today,administrators continue to look for new change when the reality is they would be better going back to what worked in the past and building from there. so winning a harness race used to be not only about the excitement of the on course experience but the recognition of a sense of achievement you got from extended family,friends,workmates and the public. as to bernie hackett. for years he drives the same.I really don't think anyone knows whether he is trying or not. I don't even think he knows i think the best way to sum him up is hes a top trainer,but his driving lacks desire and he tends to drive horses who hes just trying to work out how to shoe better. Thats the impression i get from him. actually i put $5 a place on the n chilcott horse in that. And i got a drive that i was saying to myself afterwards,what a waste of $5. Sitting in the 1/1 turning for home,then simply never pulled out and got boxed in with 250m to run.Had she pulled out i'm pretty sure it runs 3rd .it battled on in behind them to be beaten a head for 3rd,but really trotters don't go running up hard on other horses back and it was a no brainer to pull out and give it an opportunity of a clear run. Very basic driving. i think she would have gone for a holiday for 2 months if in the n the south island. Up there the stipes probablycouldn't cope with 2 dodgy drives in the one race. Afterall it was the last race and the stipes up there like to have sleep as much as they can,so wanted to head home. -
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While most of the attention late last term was on the battle between John Size and David Hayes and eventually on the indomitable Size’s 13th premiership, Caspar Fownes was in the background compiling his best season since the last time he won the premiership in 2020-21. Any trainer who reaches a half-century in a Hong Kong season has had a successful campaign and Fownes walked away satisfied with his 52 victories, despite finishing 17 successes adrift of Size in third place in the title race. “I...View the full article -
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