@lloydslights wrote:
One aspect I find worrying about horse racing is that the "trackwork" is conducted in the cool morning air, and the actual races are in the hotter part of the day.
Not only confined to the performance on the track but the "sire-ing and dam-ing" duties in their retirement is controlled "bridled passion".
They have become Beasts of Burden for the economy.
The hats, the fashion, the shoes, the transport, the alcohol, the makeup, So much "invested" Australia-wide for just this one day alone! And all those people employed within the racing industry. And even the construction industry with the grandstands. The gardeners and plant nurseries, too.
All the taxes from each aspect to the government (whichever is in power at the time) !
DEB
I knew the head groundsman of Doomben raceway for 25 years (well that's how long that was their job)
He lived on the grounds at Doomben. He was built a massive house of his design, complete with stained glass widows. He oversaw all the maintenance and gardens of the entire place, including the track conditions etc, and he had to open the gates for the jockeys and trainers every morning, meet with the owners to ensure they were happy with their stables on site etc.
They grew their own flowers on site.
Employed their own gardeners etc too - and the gardners would always bring fresh flowers up to the house every few days - all payed for by someone - but it wasn't the person I know, whoever owns/runs/is responsible for Doomben Raceway, I guess.
They also had all of this beautiful antique furniture found in storage on the race course somewhere and workers refurbished all of that too, for use in the residence. It was like they had a fully staffed manor - all paid for by someone else.
