• ‘A degree of frustration’ lay behind the decision to publish• Jamie Osborne claims industry is misrepresented“A degree of frustration” lay behind the decision to publish a list of allegations against the bad employment practices of some trainers, a union official has said. George McGrath, chief executive of the National Association of Racing Staff, was criticised by some trainers on
Twitter after Jamie Osborne posted a picture of the list, which included allegations of unnamed trainers withholding payments and one allegation of assault. He said the list misrepresented the industry. “Inevitably there will be isolated cases of bad practice and allegations that are not representative of the reality and in my opinion this is an inappropriate way to publicise them,” he tweeted.
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