A FEW THOUGHTS FOR THE COMING YEAR,AND A NEW MAGNETIC PROCESS WHICH MAY HELP YOUR HORSE..
Hope springs eternal,at least New Year is the time to plan for the next twelve months.What each participant must include in hs or her strategy is a resolve to personally do something for the sport.The Botra organisation,recognised by Queensland Harness Racing as the voice of the industry,boasts a membership exceeding 400.We don't see them at meetings.Policy decisions,which may not truly reflect the desires of a majority of members, are taken by the 12 member management committee, which includes your writer.This less than satisfactory arrangement stems,quite often, from a lack of input from owners,trainers,drivers and breeders.2009 must be remembered as the "Year the Industry/Sport was heard"..We must not forget the guys who underpin the sport with their punting dollar.Our game is notorious for odds-on favourites and a very skinny supply of "informed" opinion.This refers to the conditions of entry,which vary dramatically within a class of race.These conditions have a great bearing on the end result and the average punter is seldom aware of their significance.Lobby UniTAB for a better deal,they want your dollar as much as we do,and pressure from UniTAB will be heard in the halls of power..
New Years bring new products.Race and performance horses,just like human athletes,suffer from various problems related to exposure to greater than normal physical stress.Demand for treatment has created a supply of products and services designed to offset these negative cnditions.Magnetism and its well documented benefits has been part of the horse scene for decades.Application of the magnetic field has just taken a quantum leap with the introduction of "Gath Electro-Magnetic Therapy"The Gath machine comes to you mounted on a car trailer and consists of a wooden race and a huge magnetic coil which totally surrounds the horse and rolls back and forth on wheels to align the "field" with the appropriate site for treatment.Four strengths treat skeletal,muscular and ligament,balance acid/alkali ratio and remove residual effects of virus.Liz McDonnell is the lady on 0407 965 315 for all the info..Try it,it's the recipe for a Happy New Year..