Where Savill is right, wrong and the blindingly obvious growth area for racing

For some of us at Goodwood, it was not just the action on the turf that provided cause for thought.

Not for the first time in racing land, a little leaking took place. This is seldom a bad thing for journalists, although one has to wonder why anyone directly or indirectly associated with Peter Savill's group of industry heavyweights would think it sensible to leak details (some accurate, some inaccurate) the day before the world's highest-rated racehorse competed at one of Flat racing's principal festivals.

Jim Crowley's timing aboard Baaeed was considerably better than that of the leaker, whose subject matter gained much less traction outside of the racing media – and among racing professionals – than would have been the case had the topic been raised over the coming days. That's a shame because there's much that is sensible and to be applauded in the Savill plan.