"People have voted with their own money with no politics involved. Hopefully this will inspire our industry leaders to continue with a fund like this where the money can be used to promote harness racing."

After his grassroots fundraising efforts to televise two of harness racing's top stakes events have surpassed $100,000, trainer-owner Jack Darling has penned a follow-up blog to his original call for support.

To read Darling's latest Trot Blog entry, click the following link: The People Have Spoken.