Bonnington: Debate aside there'll be happy Groups tonight

08 May 2021 | Jason Bonnington
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Harness racing, like all sports, regularly seeks to service a colossal cross-section of vested interests and unique needs.

Try as they might, however, and its six centuries since these words were first uttered, you can’t please all the people all the time.

Much discourse this week has focused on the monumental number of Group 1 races staged in Australia and the prizemoney distribution bias favoring age-restricted horses.

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