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Racing League has plenty of the right ingredients

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Vincent
Published date10 August 2022
I'm no knocker. In the current climate when racing needs all the money and positive terrestrial coverage it can muster, it's only right this innovation is supported to the hilt

Cast your minds back to when the Shergar Cup popped up from nowhere. That was the one weekend of the summer when you wanted to be invited to some wedding, a christening, anything. Embarrassing to begin with, organisers have worked wonders to turn it around. Now look at it.

The Racing League faces challenges. This is a sport not designed for a team structure and might never be. The Shergar Cup works because it's short, snappy, and unique. A one-dayer with a refreshingly different cast.

It is early days and the concept can develop. In search of some widespread feedback, it was apparent that many questioned the role of the 'managers'. I hear you, folks.

Their exact duty in proceedings is crystal clear, and that is to annoy the living daylights out of everyone. Bouncing around high-fiving in the winner's circle is all so glaringly false. Nobody likes false. It made for excruciating viewing.

Take a leaf out of the Shergar Cup book, I say. They were lambasted to high heaven when in the inaugural edition, Sheikh Mohammed of Team Middle East squared up to

Robert Sangster of Team Europe. Looking back...

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