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As bookmakers reflect on a successful Cheltenham, I have been left wondering about the logic of racing's accounting year being so weighted towards a short-term view of the world. Consider these two bookmaker quotes. First, from Ladbrokes: [The Gold Cup] was a result beyond our…

The Bottom Line went out over the weekend. I ended up recording it for Betfair because David Yu was ill and couldn't make it. The programme covered regulation and competition, and had the Chief Executive of Wimpey and the European head of Diageo as guests.

The Bottom Line went out over the weekend. I ended up recording it for Betfair because David Yu was ill and couldn't make it. The programme covered regulation and competition, and had the Chief Executive of Wimpey and the European head of Diageo as guests.

I recorded The Bottom Line , Evan Davis's Radio 4 programme, this morning; and among the questions he (inevitably) asked was the old 'betting to lose' chestnut. I was interested to learn later this afternoon, therefore, that Ladbrokes (who long ago stopped pursuing us, at…

I recorded The Bottom Line , Evan Davis's Radio 4 programme, this morning; and among the questions he (inevitably) asked was the old 'betting to lose' chestnut. I was interested to learn later this afternoon, therefore, that Ladbrokes (who long ago stopped pursuing us, at…