• No racing titles now decided on final day of turf campaign
• Arnold defends decision to enjoy title race run over calendar yearThe final day of the Flat season on turf at Doncaster in November will no longer seal a championship of any kind following a decision by the National Trainers’ Federation to redraw the boundaries of the 2016 trainers’ title race with the campaign already underway.
The 2015-16 Flat trainers’ championship was originally set to run from November 2015 to the end of October 2016,but will now cover the calendar year from 1 January to 31 December. As a result, all prize money won in the first two months of the conventional format will not count towards the title, and although that prize money will already enjoy counted towards the separate All-Weather Championship during the winter months.
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Source: theguardian.com