Lockdown Has Got Us Thinking

Bruce Stewart Contributor

With Covid-19 disrupting the Harness Racing Industry, this time of Lockdown has given us the opportunity to rethink, reassess, and take another look, at what our future might look like.

Many people it seems, are thinking that now is a time for us to decide as a group, what we want for harness racing in the south in this new environment. Maybe we can choose to make some decisions about our future ourselves, rather than leaving it up to the powers that be to make them for us. Clearly there will be some hard decisions to make. But it’s important that we all put our thinking caps on, so we can devise a collaborative plan going forward.

With this in mind, I’ve put together a variety of thoughts and questions that reflect some of what may be “in the air” out there in our racing community. They are simply that – starters for a conversation.

Some things on the list might not be practical or even desirable to implement, but they’re included here as they may be able to be adapted, and other ideas may be spawned.

If you would like to share your thoughts on these points or have your own ideas, feel free to email them to me at bwstewart55@gmail.com