Transparency might seem difficult or painful here

But it might be racing’s saviour thejournal.ie/horse-racing-d…

This article is primarily about racing in Ireland but it highlights exactly the concerns expressed about the HorsePWR data last week. A lack of openness and transparency will prove counter productive long term. ⁦Lydia Hislop⁩ ⁦Nick Luck⁩ thejournal.ie/horse-racing-d…

This headline from Greg Wood in The Guardian could have easily have been written after this year’s race. But check the date: it’s from 2018. Underlines how there’s no room for complacency: one positive year does not mean future renewals are going to be so trouble free…

Tomorrow marks 100 days to go to Paris 2024. I can’t wait!

Erm… Wasn’t she also unelected? The only reason it would be entertaining to see her become Conservative leader again would be to witness an even greater defeat for the Tories in 2029.

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That’s a significant drop in the audience figure, which is surely not just related to the earlier start time. The later start of 5.15pm was only introduced for the first time in 2016.

As a final postscript to this year’s Grand National, this article sums up the situation in a nutshell…

Great thread from Nathan Horrocks. 👏🏻

‘Anyone who feels that a race with no fallers and a dozen horses still looking like possible winners two out is not a “proper” Grand National, or that blood and guts are an essential part of the mix, may well need to find a fresh sport to follow’ Greg Wood

Wise words and observations from Joe, a former Marketing Manager for Aintree.

'We’re absolutely delighted, the changes have clearly had a very positive impact. I think it was probably the cleanest National I’ve ever seen.'

The Jockey Club chief executive Nevin Truesdale on the first running of the Grand National under new conditions:

This shouldn’t be a controversial position: 35,000 civilian deaths, half of them children, is not ‘collateral damage’, it is genocide. And it needs calling out for what it is: unnecessary, disproportionate & unjustified. It’s a war crime and Netanyahu needs to be held to account.