So many important questions - and too many crucial ones still not being asked

There are subjects about which some of us are never going to agree.

Those who oppose Britain's ban on overseas-trained horses in low-grade races are unlikely to be swayed by anyone who considers it justified. Even so, both sides should be able to find common ground around the view that it is not simply British racing's leaders who have been left with important questions to answer.

Data can always be interpreted in different ways, so it is not necessarily a surprise some Irish trainers – and indeed British racecourses – have not been convinced by the BHA's defence of a policy backed by the cross-industry Racing Group, of which I am a member.