‘We’re going to lose an awful lot of owners,’ says Christian Leech, who has moved some horses to
France for better prize money
More trainers and many owners are going to follow Ed Vaughan out of horse racing, according to one well connected trainer who has had to shift part of his business to France to make ends meet. Christian Leech, who, with his wife, Sophie, is normally based at their stable near Gloucester, is summering with some of their horses at Lamorlaye near Chantilly and relishing the better prize money on offer.
“It’s a complete no-brainer,” he said on Monday. “We had a horse finish second at Uttoxeter last Thursday, a decent race in terms of quality, and the prize money was £1,000. Of that, we get 5%, which is £50.