Horse racing, the Sport of Kings exists in an odd netherworld

Chances are that, like the vast majority of those who delve into the sports page for a daily dose of sustenance, your annual digression into the world of horse racing has come and gone in the past week.

A flutter on the Aintree Grand National aside, maybe, and that’s our lot for most of us. The Flat season? What the hell is that?

It’s an odd netherworld i n which the Sport of Kings exists. If it was represented in a sports team photo it would appear as a head shot photoshopped into the corner. It is an afterthought of a player. The Steve Heighway of the industry in that it is so often a mere substitute to the favourite, regardless of how well it plays.