RACING TO GO ON STRIKE OVER TAX

JOHN GOSDEN has backed racing's self-imposed walkout on September 10 in protest at the government's tax plans that threaten to "destroy another British success story".

- DAVID YATES

Lingfield Park, Carlisle, Uttoxeter and Kempton Park were all due to stage meetings on the day before the beginning of Doncaster's St Leger Festival.

But strike action led by the British Horseracing Authority - the quartet of fixtures will now take place on rescheduled dates - means the sport is set for a sensational blackout as racing's regulator urges the Treasury to rethink its "racing tax" policy to raise the duty on horserace betting. "It's important to let the government know we do exist," said Gosden (left).