Bookies and tracks’ media rights skirmish just the start of a racing war
Refusing bets on racing at Bath was the first spat in a financial struggle between the sport’s major power blocsBoycotts, strikes and direct action in general have proved to be embarrassingly ineffectual as a way for owners and trainers to protest about prize money levels, and on the face of it at least, last week’s attempt by bookmakers Paddy Power and …