American businessman and politician, Charles Erwin Wilson, expanding on a previous quote by Charles F Kettering, once opined that “the price of progress is trouble, and I must be making a lot of progress”.
Now Wilson’s business wasn’t harness racing – he specialised in motor cars – yet this, in itself, provides a segue of sorts.
Standardbreds, you see, have become much more like motor cars over the past two decades.
Once revered for their strength, stamina and durability, pacers – and particularly trotters – have undergone a rapid revolution in recent years.
These days, speed is sacrosanct, and this evolution provides both opportunities and dilemmas.
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