Pressure mounts on Jockey Club to relinquish courses.(Sports)

From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: August 13, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: DAVID ASHFORTH

The Government is to be urged to intervene to persuade the Jockey Club to transfer ownership of its 13 racecourses to a Racing Trust.

Alan Meale MP, a former environment minister, has condemned the Jockey Club's continued ownership of the Racecourse Holdings Trust and called for its transfer to the same Racing Trust that will be set up to control the Tote.

The issue was brought into sharp focus recently during the prolonged n...

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