Sack the stewards

Stephen Pollard says racing should adopt football’s VAR

THERE ARE ENOUGH aphorisms in racing to fill a book. It doesn’t really matter that most of them are nonsense — such as, “Always back the outsider in a three-horse race”. If you do that the chances are you’ll just be making regular contributions to the bookies’ benevolent fund. But they’re not all wrong. I long ago realised that “Always listen to Ruby Walsh” is a pretty decent approach to understanding what’s really going on, and what should be going on. Walsh isn’t just one of the most stylish and intelligent jockeys who ever sat on a horse; since his retirement, he has become just about the most insightful and pithy racing analyst around. His comments on races put to shame most of what passes for analysis in other sports.…

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