Rory Delargy

The UK programme prior to Royal Ascot is unappealing, and I fear that the current trend of bolstering already cash-rich fixtures, such as Glorious Goodwood and Ascot’s Champions Day, is both unsustainable and potentially deleterious to British racing as a whole. The gap in punting appeal between the flagship meetings and the sport’s bread and butter fixtures is becoming a chasm, and it’s crucial to the future of the sport as a betting product that it retains its appeal on a weekly basis, rather than relying on bonanza days which are few and far between. That said, I’m not paid to pontificate about racing politics, but to find weekend winners, so I must climb off my soapbox and grapple with the matter at hand.