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Title: Why don't they have races like this here?
Post by: Harness Stats on June 10, 2024, 05:43:08 PM: https://harnesslink.com/new-zealand/fame-leaps-through-first-standing-start-test/

Leap to Fame ... wins his first standing start in a Track Record from a distance handicap. Watch the replay. He's special.
Title: Re: Why don't they have races like this here?
Post by: Stan durbread on June 10, 2024, 07:53:54 PM: Unfortunately you would need Directors of Racing and Race Secretaries that actually know something about the industry. Ain’t happening at the casino tracks. They just want someone that will work cheap
Title: Re: Why don't they have races like this here?
Post by: Harness Stats on June 10, 2024, 08:07:14 PM: It would take an act of god to have races with standing starts or complete double tiered fields here. My intention of bringing this race up is the visual aspect of what he did and how he did it. You don't see that every day.
Title: Re: Why don't they have races like this here?
Post by: Stan durbread on June 10, 2024, 08:11:27 PM: No you don’t that was impressive. Sadly Georgian Downs in Ontario did an extreme night for a few years but quit. It was great too watch and wager on. No standing starts but every race was different distance and field size. And they did a great handle for that track. Not sure why they discontinued it. Probably because it took too much effort to put together
Title: Re: Why don't they have races like this here?
Post by: Brown jug on June 10, 2024, 08:30:34 PM: agree standurbred, you would need true leaders with foresight, conviction ,creativity and industry co operation
sadly industry has none of that
look at the race from paris someone else posted, awesome