Trainer Greg Wright has rethink on name change after The Right Way wins again at Doomben
Former Kiwi aluminium smelter worker Greg Wright had been planning to right a wrong and change the name of his horse, but now he thinks it would be a mock.
Six-year-old gelding The Right Way won as a well-backed $3 chance at Doomben on Saturday, making it three wins from his last five starts.
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Scoring the BM90 Handicap (2000m) on Saturday was a sweet enough moment, but it was even better with Wright's dad Alister on track.
Alister owns the galloper and splits his time between living in Australia and New Zealand.
The Right Way was meant to be named The Wright Way, after the son and father team, but the name of the galloper was incorrectly submitted.
'I was going to apply to change the name, but I don't think I will now,' Greg Wright said.
'The horse is winning and I am worried if I change his name I might put the mock on him and he might stop winning.
'This was my first winner in Brisbane, this horse just loves to run and he gives you everything he has got.'
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When Greg Wright moved to Australia five years ago, he and his dad purchased mainly unraced young horses.
The Right Way was one of those and was bought sight unseen on his pedigree by Alister Wright.
Trainer Greg Wright (left) after The Right Way's win at Doomben, with Wright's Dad Alister pictured on the right. Picture: Trackside Photography
A NEW RACING DAWN?
The Brisbane Racing Club is seizing the moment in the quieter months of the racing season and hosting regular themed Saturdays to try to attract and engage new audiences.
The recent Teddy Bears Picnic at the Races was one of those days, with a day of fun for families with the jumping castles, a children's disco and pony rides.
Saturday at Doomben was the Mekka race day with doof doof music and other dance party style entertainment for the funky young crowd, headlined by Thundamentals.
For the racing purists, there was co-mingling between the general admission crowd and the members.
• 'Elitist, outdated, unengaging': AI's brutal warning for racing
On September 6, there's a country music race day at Doomben and also a special wine lunch with Australian cricket great Ricky Ponting.
Also upcoming is a day where 160 years of racing at Eagle Farm will be celebrated and it's understood the entry price on that day will be the equivalent of what it would have been 160 years ago.
There's a bit of something for everyone on these off-season days and racing needs to chase these opportunities.
'We have challenged ourselves to look at more ways to broaden racing's appeal,' BRC chief executive Karl deKroo said.
'We are always going to have our rusted-on racing fans and that's great.
'But a big part of what we need to do is to look at our offerings and offer different things on different days.'
It comes after artificial intelligence gave a brutal warning to racing, finding it was often 'elitist, outdated and unengaging'.
The AI platform ChatGPT found racing should 'rebrand racing days as experience, not just betting events.'
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