Tag: funding

One horse race

I was going to write about the FA Cup semi final today as it looks a really tantalising prospect. But the thing that really caught my eye this morning is racing’s continued struggles to adapt to modern commercial realities. The result of which is a race that includes just one runner at the 17:10 at Leicester this afternoon.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/apr/14/one-horse-race-leicester-protest

It’s unfortunate that prize money is under pressure, but in any other commercial regime you would simply incur less cost to …