A key group has been forgotten in the push to cure racing's ills - the racegoers

The customer is king, or so we are told. Yet at a time when radical solutions to racing's many problems are being proposed, the needs of racegoers barely seem to be given a second thought.

There are alarm bells ringing in every corner of British racing, with paltry field sizes, low prize-money and an unsurprising exodus of horses to wealthier jurisdictions prompting calls for major change.

This has led to the creation of what has been dubbed the Savill plan, which was predictably leaked to the press during Glorious Goodwood last week. A group led by former BHB chairman Peter Savill has sent the BHA several proposals it hopes will be included in the regulator's much-needed and eagerly anticipated strategy review, although we may have to wait until 2024 to see any new ideas put into action.