Robert Cooper raises a toast to happy days racing in the year ahead

Wyenot

Happy New Year! As time rattles on, my glass half-full approach to our glorious sport will continue unabated. My regular £1 Lucky 15s may not fill the ‘Black Hole’ caused by a £3billion drop in betting turnover but I’m doing my utmost to get racing back on an even keel.
Affordability checks have been the punter’s bugbear; many have decided to stop betting altogether. I have only been subjected once to this most intrusive procedure - and it turned out that the bookie asking the questions had carelessly allowed a ...