Robin Oakley

Racing can’t survive without crowds

Racetracks are making redundancies, and the warning flags are fluttering

Grand National-winning owner Trevor Hemmings in 2015 with Many Clouds. Hemmings is having to sell off 50 of his horses. Credit Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images 
issue 05 September 2020
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