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Racing world unites in taking on an eggs-cellent challenge with mixed results

Down on the farm: Colin Tizzard prepares to drink a raw egg and a cow gets amorous
Down on the farm: Colin Tizzard prepares to drink a raw egg and a cow gets amorous

Things are not great right now.

In the UK alone more than 20,000 people are known to have died in hospital from the coronavirus. Countless vulnerable people are having to live trapped inside their homes. Jobs are being lost and hard-working people are facing horribly tough financial futures through no fault of their own.

One blessing has been the sense of camaraderie and community that has brought us together. In the worst of times we have seen the best of many, one notable exception being the small minority of Flat trainers who sought to remove BHA chief executive Nick Rust from his job over what they allege to have been his personal mishandling of racing's response to the crisis.

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Lee MottersheadSenior writer

Published on 26 April 2020inComment

Last updated 14:17, 26 April 2020

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