we followed the advice of the government at the time and that advice was for events such as this to continue and, you know, we're all in a very different situation now. this time, the controversy is of a different kind. top trainer gordon elliott, and amateurjockey robjames, both banned after pictures emerged of each posing with dead horses plunging the sport into crisis. the woman who runs racing told me it can't afford to be complacent. the images shown in recent weeks and seeing those breakthrough into mainstream media is damaging. we really need to ensure that the racing fans of the future, those people who may potentially own horses in the future, really get the correct image of horse racing, and so we've got a lot of work to do to make sure that that message gets across. 12 months ago, all the concern was for the spectators who came here, but recent events mean that the focus has now shifted to the welfare of horses as racing fights to regain public trust. these thoroughbreds are being cared