• Bookmaker has refused to agree to request from governing body
• British Horseracing Authority wants time to obtain staff statementsThe British Horseracing Authority has sought to delay the court action brought against it by the bookmaker Geoff Banks on the grounds that it needs more time to prepare its defence. In attempting to justify a delay,the ruling body has said it needs time to obtain a statement from an unnamed member of its own staff about how the BHA works.
Banks has refused to agree to a delay and said final night he did not imagine any court would be impressed by the BHA’s request. “This is a clear and simple case of failures on their part,” he said. “Why would a court be in any way interested in an explanation of what they accomplish for a living?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com