Harness Racing Remote. July 2008.

Managed to attach a remote camera rig this afternoon (rather quickly, I might add) to the starting gate for a view of the race horses approaching the starting car / starting gate during harness races, at a very intimate harness track here in our coverage area in Goshen, NY. There weren't any large starting fields of horses today, but I'll be back Saturday as there's supposed to be starting fields of 8, 10, 12 or even more horses in the races. Either way, it's all pretty cool to ride in the starting car; an old 1967 Cadillac - like my old man used to have, and sit beside the official starter who's been doing this for 29 years at this historic track. Here's a few images I came up with today:



*(I knew my mother Ann was watching and appreciated this effort. I could almost hear her replying, "That's nice..." when viewing the images, as she was a big harness racing fan and turned me on to going to 'the track' when I was teenager...) Going to try some slightly different views during Saturday's races with fingers & toes crossed for good weather. Can you say low-angle, floor remote at the finish line...? I knew you could. Stay tuned. -cg