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The Tote

That is true, but I believe that aspects of the problems with Turf TV and other issues are symptoms, not the cause. We have to deal with the cause. In the new Tote trust, we will have three actors on the stage who make determinations in terms of data and pictures and the operation of such things. That would take place outside the arena of the courts. Under the arrangements I am proposing, I hope that the problems will wither on the vine, because it would be a case of enlightened self-interest for all three parties—the bookies, the Tote and the sport itself, which will be growing a product, with all the profits going back into racing. It would, therefore, be in everyone's enlightened self-interest to grow it in the UK—nationally—but also to create a base for it to be delivered internationally. I believe the current problems are a product of the uncertainty in racing and, I am bound to say, the vested interests and to some extent the bunker mentality of some in the sport of racing.