Dear Mr. Bergstein,

I remember the days of you and Spencer Ross bringing to my living room racing from Roosevelt and Yonkers. ( I miss the good old days). The problem with our sport is NO PUBLIC RELATIONS...How about a National TV program or Harness Racing Channel on Cable?

I am a standardbred owner with VIP Internet Stable and it infuriates me when I can't bring my daughters to the paddock to show them the behind the scenes. I understand the dangers and insurance issues (I'm an insurance agent) but how does our industry expect to bring new fans if we don't expose our kids and grand kids to the horses.

I'm hoping that reopening of Yonkers Raceway will give the desperately needed jolt for public relations and awareness to our sport.

Paul Rosen

I am a Harness Owner, and am amazed at the lack of publicity the Harness racing produces .

My local paper in Staten Island no longer provides weekly handicapping, only the entries, and it is such an unknown to this borough that I am at a loss for words .

How do you support a sport when no body knows or cares about it ?

The OTB channel 71 shows Yonkers/Meadowlands, and various other tracks, but if you have DirectTV, even the local channels it offers does not carry this channel. They say the reason is that the feed is not strong enough for the Satellite carrier to receive. So this product does not get to DirectTV subscribers.

Also, Yonkers used to have between races, Frank Drucker interviewing Owners/Trainer/ Drivers, a great product. For some reason, they stopped it.

I again, am at a loss for words on how Harness Racing as a sport is being presented to the public; no new fans are coming on, which is obvious with the lack of support they are publicizing and Harness racings future will then only be another form of betting at the tracks/ converted Racino's ...