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Luke Comer and his brother Brian are self-made men. From humble beginnings their Comer Group employs over 500 people worldwide and the pair have combined assets of a “conservative” £2.25 billion, according to Luke.
I cannot understand why so many racing fans have no issue with jockeys who break the whip rules. Jim Crowley’s recent winning ride on Hukum in the Group One King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot is a case in point.
I'm originally from Mauritius. I wanted a pony for my sixth birthday and I started going to riding school over there. I started riding ponies, doing showjumping and all that. Mauritius is a small population and most people follow the racing. There is only one track, but is the crowd there that makes the racing out there. It is usually the same temperature and weather. The likes of Frankie Dettori and Johnny Murtagh all went out there and the racing is good enough. I saw Christophe Soumillon riding out there. I went to watch racing there, but never rode racework.
Irish horse racing really could be doing far more to promote its premier fixtures. One of the chief reasons that Cheltenham gets so much media coverage so far in advance of the Festival is the early entry system that British racing has in place.
It is finally beginning to dawn on horse racing that the proposed Gambling Regulation Bill could have dire consequences for the industry if it gets passed into law in its current form.