'I've had a good innings' - Les Eyre prepares to send out final runner of 30-year career

The curtain will come down on one of Britain's longest training careers on Saturday with Les Eyre having his final runner on Wolverhampton's evening card.

A figurehead of Yorkshire's racing community for so many years, Eyre closes the chapter with Le Bayou in the 1m½f classified stakes (6.00) and departs with many happy memories of the sport.

However, the 79-year-old, who started training in the late 1980s, revealed his frustration at racing's mounting problems, particularly concerns over the retention of stable staff, was the main reason for retiring.