The Jockey Club achieved the impossible on Tuesday morning. In fact, it did so twice before lunchtime. First, having spent as long as any of us can remember insisting that British racing’s rich heritage is “priceless” and safe in its hands, it put a price on it, as it announced a proposal to sell Kempton Park to a housing developer. Then, as news of its proposal spread, it managed to do a second extraordinary thing: unite a notoriously disjointed sport in almost unanimous opposition to its plans, for Kempton at least.
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