• 20 trainers pull horses from Saturday’s Lingfield card
• ARC cut prize money contribution by £3m in 2019
Racing’s latest prize-money row has dramatically undermined Saturday’s Lingfield card, with one race drawing no runners at all and another attracting one. Trainers said they had taken their horses out because the £4,500 on offer for the races at the Arena Racing Company track was “horrendous” and there were more attractive options elsewhere.
“This is trainers acting as individuals in protest at ARC’s derisory prize money,” said Ralph Beckett, one of 20 trainers who put horses in the Lingfield races at the initial entry stage but then decided against running when the final fields were declared. “Trainers by inclination do their own thing. This should indicate to ARC the depth of feeling. I’ll make a prediction: it won’t be the last time.”
Written by Chris Cook
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/21/lingfield-trainers-pull-out-horrendous-prize-money under the title “Trainers pull out of Lingfield over ‘horrendous’ prize money”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
