The latest Racehorses annual points out the meaningful recent decline in integrity spending,despite official promises of better to comeThe pledge made this week by racings rulers to heed the lessons of a number of failings in the crucial area of integrity will be welcome news to the respected Timeform organisation which has issued a stark warning to the sport in their newly published Racehorses of 2015 annual, out this week.
That Wednesday’s announcement from the British Horseracing Authority follows tough on the heels of a BHA promise to divert extra money into battling corruption if the revolution in racing funding comes to fruition can only be to the benefit of a sport which, and Timeform point out,now spends £16.4m on integrity, down significantly from a peak of £25m.
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Source: theguardian.com