The Sheikh Mohammed revelations should prompt the BHA to make the sport less dependent on a single investor
It is four days since a family court found that Sheikh Mohammed had probably ordered the abduction of two of his daughters, one of whom was in Britain at the time she was taken. It seems fairly clear that the British Horseracing Authority does not intend to say anything in response. Officials apparently see the government’s silence as justifying their own but, while deferring to government is a responsible way to deal with the coronavirus, it looks like a convenient cop-out in this case.
Saying and doing nothing reduces the risk of the Maktoum money tap being turned off. No executive wants to be known as the one who chased away the sport’s greatest benefactor and thereby impoverished Newmarket.
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