Fixture chaos can't be solved by Britain alone - and the premierisation concept isn't nearly radical enough

October is upon us and still we await the 2024 fixture list for British racing. We probably shouldn't be surprised because the body of work involved in making the premierisation concept fly really is unfathomable.

It's been a recurring thought ever since the plans were announced back in May. They were described as radical at the time but the truth is they aren't nearly radical enough because fixture saturation levels are so endemic.

That's also doubtless why the process is taking so long. It's one thing for stakeholders to sit around a table and embrace the idea of micro pain for macro gain but it's another thing then for the affected parties to sign off on torpedoing their bottom line. Fewer races, reduced prize-money at the majority of fixtures and the onset of a fixtures equivalent of the graveyard shift? Not an easy sell.