Equestricon: why racing the world over should sit up and take note

It’s horse racing’s ultimate challenge, the problem no-one has ever come close to solving, the key to ensuring its very survival: how does the industry stem the tide of falling popularity. While the sport chugs along optimistically from day to day, from season to season, this is the elephant in the room, racing’s global warming, the spectre that hangs over its long-term feasibility.