A warm welcome to Taking Racing Forward – a blog on horseracing, through the eyes of an Oxford University student and lifelong fan. Thank you for having a look.
The Economist magazine has the mission statement: 'First published in September 1843 to take part in "a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress".'
Blogging here in 2011, with a greater dose of relaxation and naivety, this blog embraces this psychology in regard to the ‘Sport of Kings’.
There are some great gambling and news sites on the web but this is something different – somewhere for thoughts and debate about horseracing and its future development as a sport not just a betting product.
Comments from readers are strongly encouraged and discussion and debate on innovations is a good thing. Abuse is not welcome or tolerated.
The blog is written with an open mind to new ideas but with the view that horseracing is one of the most unpredictable sports in the world and this makes it such a special spectator sport. Controversial, racing has issues it must deal with in an intelligent, progressive way which ensures it survives in a healthy state for generations to come, which it is capable of. However, if it were to look itself in the mirror it would mostly see well-meaning, but backward, traditionalists desperate to hold on to things due to fear of change. This blog doesn’t believe in change if it doesn’t improve things. But it believes racing must move forwards.
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