Zarkava’s retirement is a no-brainer, isn’t it?

THE Racing Post is a fantastic paper and having to go a day without it is a bit like walking around in the rain with only one shoe on.

But there are times when it has the capacity to get up your goat. Tuesday was certainly one of those days, as they attempted to make the case for keeping the quite brilliant Zarkava in training.

The battle was led by James Willoughby who rambled and rambled, before finally reaching his destination, which was that Zarkava should “race on.”