THERE are so many subjects for a rant this week, but we’re covering old ground with most of them, and it’s an old bugbear which has raised its head most recently, and therefore I’m dedicating the bulk of this column to the fake drama needlessly added to racing.

I’m talking specifically about the announcement of photo-finish results as if they were the quarter finals of the dreadful nonsense that is Britain’s Got Talent, although you can throw in any “reality” show in which an audience vote is milked for maximum dramatic effect.