Big brother, or someone, is watching you . . .

It was revealed recently that cybercrime is the biggest type of criminal offence carried out in Britain – and it seems racing is not immune to unscrupulous individuals using technology to gain an unfair advantage.

For mystery surrounds the discovery of a remote camera in the weighing room on a northern racecourse recently.

It was found peering over the shoulder of the clerk of the scales, handily placed to get hot news on the overweights, jockey changes and non-runners.