rwwupl
01-06-2010, 11:23 AM
A good thought from Las Vegas...
"I suspect I will go to my grave firmly believing that lots of people like horse racing but don't know about it yet. I guess you could call that being an eternal optimist.
Count me in....rwwupl :ThmbUp:
Exerpt from:
http://www.lvrj.com/sports/trying-to-generate-new-fans-could-be-worthwhile-resolution-80462247.html
RICHARD ENG: Trying to generate new fans could be worthwhile resolution
RICHARD ENG
I suspect I will go to my grave firmly believing that lots of people like horse racing but don't know about it yet. I guess you could call that being an eternal optimist.
For example, on Sunday I was listening to an NFL game on radio. On a long touchdown run, announcer Wayne Larrivee screamed, "He's running away from them like Secretariat." I kid you not.
On closing weekend at Hollywood Park, TVG showed Barbra Streisand, the most reclusive superstar since Greta Garbo, sitting in an owner's box with husband James Brolin.
When things like this happen, I see hope -- that there are seeds of interest planted in people's brains that need to be nurtured, that the cup is half full and not half empty.
If you haven't made a New Year's resolution yet and like horse racing, try this simple one: Generate one new fan in 2010.
That is the public grabbing the bull by the horns and not waiting for the alphabet soup of racing organizations to finally act. A bottom-up, grass-roots campaign empowers the fans and not the high-priced suits.
"I suspect I will go to my grave firmly believing that lots of people like horse racing but don't know about it yet. I guess you could call that being an eternal optimist.
Count me in....rwwupl :ThmbUp:
Exerpt from:
http://www.lvrj.com/sports/trying-to-generate-new-fans-could-be-worthwhile-resolution-80462247.html
RICHARD ENG: Trying to generate new fans could be worthwhile resolution
RICHARD ENG
I suspect I will go to my grave firmly believing that lots of people like horse racing but don't know about it yet. I guess you could call that being an eternal optimist.
For example, on Sunday I was listening to an NFL game on radio. On a long touchdown run, announcer Wayne Larrivee screamed, "He's running away from them like Secretariat." I kid you not.
On closing weekend at Hollywood Park, TVG showed Barbra Streisand, the most reclusive superstar since Greta Garbo, sitting in an owner's box with husband James Brolin.
When things like this happen, I see hope -- that there are seeds of interest planted in people's brains that need to be nurtured, that the cup is half full and not half empty.
If you haven't made a New Year's resolution yet and like horse racing, try this simple one: Generate one new fan in 2010.
That is the public grabbing the bull by the horns and not waiting for the alphabet soup of racing organizations to finally act. A bottom-up, grass-roots campaign empowers the fans and not the high-priced suits.