Robin Oakley

British horse racing’s debt to the Middle East

Without the crucial contributions of the likes of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, all would be lost

William Buick and Al Suhail win the Godolphin Stud & Stable Staff Awards Challenge Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse [Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images]

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