Shouldn’t racing’s ruling body be putting measures in place to make racecourse closure less attractive?
I had an exchange with racing’s ruling body yesterday which revealed as much about their approach as anything uncovered by the Jim Best story last year. I had gone to the British Horseracing Authority to ask about the Jockey Club’s plans to close one of its tracks (Kempton) and redistribute the fixtures among its other venues, including the very important and prestigious King George VI Chase.
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