you ponder how to make racing more interesting to the general public i contend its near impossible no matter how inovative you might try to be you compare it to swimming as an example ok on the telly a couple of times a year the viewers know thorpe perkins and the other guns at the end of a race will be right in the finnish every time just about no exception real nail bitting stuff exciting to watch same for tennis but who wants to watch the maidens play the rest of the year? icontend nobody same thing for racing the melb cup on telly very sucsessful why? everybody in oz has a nag running for them not because racing interests them its the hype the thing you do race over no more interest till the hype next year you tell me a horse that will win or be in a photo finish race after race like thorpe to keep your interest there aint none most punters dont give a stuff about the races they treat it like lotto put their bets on then go fishing or the footy every now and then you get a nag like northerly to spark some interest but the only good it does is give the lotto players a banker for their quadies