Attracting folk back to Racing

Horse Racing has a botheration heavenly body wide, it is losing numbers fast!

One of the reasons for this is that the horse racing authorities obtain gone off in a tangent in the last 20 agedness trying to attract the popular populous to the sport. Whilst this may drudgery for special events like the Melbourne Cup, it does not and cannot exertion during the rest of the year.

One thing that has to be appreciated is that nation predominately come from steed racing to gamble on it, not to have a cordial day out with the kids.

So what should the authorities do?

Firstly, admit to themselves that horse racing is for punters not fashion parades and then allot gone to re-educate the people that can be interested in horse racing as to what it is and how it works. Unlike our parents time when awareness of horse racing was passed down from father to sonny and daughter, these days most humans do not even know how to announce a form guide, let alone make an informed decision on which horse to back.

We must realise that there is a lot of "industry speak" in horse racing and form guides that make those that do not understand it, uncomfortable. So the most foremost thing to conclude is to educate the general as to how horse racing works, how to read a construction guide, how to dwelling a bet, what to look for in a horse.

It would not contused whether TVN and Sky Channel assign some cabbage into producing some lifestyle shows comparable to the DIY craze but focused on horse racing stories and education of horse racing.

Sure, this won't produce instant money like 24/7 racing but it will help to insure there is a generation of awakened racing followers coming after the in fashion one.

Also, the use of technology should be championed, the younger siring actually likes technology, they dig it and are not terrified of change like the current generation. Use this to advantage, utilize computer based track bias simulators and GPS tracking systems, visualize animate races in 3D and let the viewers online get on the back of the winner in real time.

The technology exists, it's exciting and it's one of the elements that testament fire the head of the younger folks and control them fired in horse racing during the other 51 weeks of the year.

Tmportantly, limelight on what is important in horse racing, the punter, without them, the sport will die a slow death.

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