Slot race Cambridge.

[mikeynz]

I note still 2 places for the trot, only 6 at the moment, wanting 8,, looking at the slot holders it's really now just an in-house event, first year the pacers saw  Senz, Hydroflow got involved, clearly the interest has waned not helped by the Ellerslie one now where slot holders would get more exposure, maybe slots ain't the great savior some may have thought, maybe a passing phase.

[the galah]

1 hour ago, mikeynz said:

I note still 2 places for the trot, only 6 at the moment, wanting 8,, looking at the slot holders it's really now just an in-house event, first year the pacers saw  Senz, Hydroflow got involved, clearly the interest has waned not helped by the Ellerslie one now where slot holders would get more exposure, maybe slots ain't the great savior some may have thought, maybe a passing phase.

i truly believe that the emphasis and importnace HRNZ and nz media put on slot races as a way of promoting the sport and rewarding the high end performers  is a symptom of organisations out of touch with what is best for the industry.

put simply,the hype is so out of touch with the realities of the publics and the grass roots industries interest in these events is so overblown,its just sad.

I really don't get why anyone ,i mean anyone, would think the people who have starters at methven ,or winton or rangiora over the next couple of days would have more interest in a slot race than who they  ran against at the workouts last week.

In fact,i think you could guarantee every person who say ,has a non win horse running this weekend would be able to name lots and lots  of horses that they have run against recently,yet if you ask them who are in the slot races at cambridge,they would go,i don't know,i guess leap to fame and kingman,then say,i'm not really too intersted in slot races.

One day,it can't be too far away,maybe within 2 years,industry stakeholders are going to demand a  seismic shift in who is governing HRNZ and who they prioritise.

is as certain as day follows night.

the so called smart people strategies have been ..we need change,because change is good...Well change is only ever good if it works better than what you had before..

harness racing just needs to get back to basics.

all this money they are throwing away should be spent on so many other things of importance that will undermine the industry in years to come..

HRNZ priorites are away with the fairies and the NZ harness media is running alongside those fairies blowing them back in the air.

Edited 44 minutes ago by the galah