As racing cries out for reform, racecourses' silence raises troubling questions
View that tracks are an impediment to meaningful change will be reinforced
British racing's leadership crisis has rarely been more exposed – and the responses to our six questions vividly illustrate the divide between participants and racecourses.
On the one hand, organisations representing owners, trainers and other participants are united in calling for change. They believe the sport's governance structure is broken and that the BHA must be given the power to truly lead.
On the other hand, racecourses are mostly silent. With a few honourable exceptions – notably the Large Independent Racecourses group representing the likes of Ascot and York – they declined to answer our questions or simply ignored them.
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