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'It will be incredibly worrying if the money coming into the sport keeps going down' - what's in store for racing in 2024?
Eight racing professionals with their views on what next year holds for the industry
Lee MottersheadRacing writer of the year
A new year brings fresh opportunities, possibilities, challenges and dangers. We asked eight racing figures in Britain and Ireland to lay out their hopes and fears for the sport in 2024.
Josh Apiafi
Entrepreneur, broadcaster, Racing Media Academy founder
The creation of racing fandom in teenagers is the thing I'm most keen to see in 2024.
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- The amazing story of Frankel's one failure - and how he bounced back to prove the experts wrong
- 'I went from 190 horses after winning the Guineas to maybe half that when I left Newmarket - but I still turned Michael down at first'
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