An unpopular move - but the BHA is right not to reschedule Lingfield's big day

My father was very fond of observing about revolutionaries of various political stripes that "one day they all end up having tea with the Queen".

Quite what he would have made of the 21st century's taste for 'disruptors' I'm not entirely certain, although anything that whiffs of not playing by the established rules might well have got up his nose.

In racing, the Dubai World Cup is the most obvious example of throwing a huge amount of money at a new event and then allowing the authorities to play catch-up with the awarding of Group 1 status once the calibre of horse involved has justified it.