Strike day with a dress code as racing descends on London to make case against tax changes

Trainers and jockeys from all levels of the sport were among the turf’s great and good who downed tools over fears of rising duty ratesThe Queen Elizabeth II Centre was presumably chosen as the venue for racing’s Axe The Racing Tax event in London on Wednesday as it is just the briefest of canters from the seat of power in Westminster, but it felt like a nod of respect too towards the most famous fan that the sport in Britain is ever likely to have.The late queen, after all, was never impressed when politics impinged on the serious business of the turf. Her quickfire delivery of the Queen’s Speech in June 2017 when it clashed with day two of Royal Ascot is the stuff of parliamentary legend. It is said that her relationship with Theresa May, who seemingly scheduled the state opening of parliament without checking the diary, never really recovered. Continue reading...

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