I had a flashback over Christmas to when I was 12 and my dad put my name in to work at a gold mine and city joint venture for the summer. It'll "be a good experience" I was told. Well, getting up at 5:45 in the morning and working my butt off for $3.25 an hour when all my friends were sleeping in and having fun was not a good experience, it sucked.
But in the end I must admit, I learned a lot picking up rocks, digging holes and cutting grass that summer.
I'm now glad I started working at a young age. When you work, you get better.
In harness racing, particularly in Ontario, fans for the last quarter century felt racetracks were not working to up the bet. This blog probably has fifty articles about the malaise and the board room driven "put a race on and people will come" attitude.
As we've noticed the last year or two, this attitude is changing. Nowhere is it any more apparent than at Western Fair. Greg Blanchard has been an excellent hire and its starting to pay off.
Today Greg tweeted this:
A 63% jump in handle. That's huge.
Good things come to racing (not overnight, but they do) when we work at it. Greg is one of those guys who's doing just that.
Congrats to them on a great day. Let's hope a year from now we see another 60% increase.
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