Of course, there is a thin line between a controlled scientific experiment and hopping off a barstool and bellowing, “Let’s do this!” The plan is to participate in the ownership of a yearling trotting horse. Optimally, the subjects will be naturally curious, not litigious, have a good sense of the absurd, and reside in locations that do not have a harness racing footprint, such as Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, or Tahiti. Thelma might become the most knowledgeable person in town when it comes to harness racing. Consider distant friends whom you have never infected with harness horse fever.