Expect more trainers to jump on the bandwagon to France as prize-money falters

If it has not registered already, the increasing number of British-based trainers and owners choosing to send horses to France in search of better prize-money should be a timely wake-up call to the sport's stakeholders on this side of the Channel.

Just last week Ed Vaughan, fresh from the biggest win of his career at Newmarket's July meeting, revealed plans to quit racing in Britain, due to "prize-money which hardly covers the cost of keeping a horse in training for a month".

Vaughan has been open to the fact that he may well relaunch his training career abroad some day and, when comparing prize-money between Britain and almost any major racing jurisdiction across the world, who can blame him?