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An owner who had winners at Ascot and Goodwood last year is planning to run his horses abroad because of the "rubbish" prize-money in Britain.
Anstiss is the latest in a long list of domestic participants to look across the Channel for greater rewards, with Tom George recently becoming the first trainer to have a permanent training base in both Britain and France as he looks
to future-proof his business.
"We've got some big plans for this year, but the prize-money here is so rubbish we've now been looking to send some of the horses to France," said Anstiss, who is also considering options in Bahrain.
"The plan is to send them two weeks at a time and plot two races, and then we'll bring them back to run here or Ireland in the big races.
"We are a core of ten people who own all the horses and we have to subsidise it to the tune of £150,000 to £200,000 a year between us. If you didn't love horseracing, you wouldn't do it. That's the sad thing, they're killing racing by not putting enough money into it."
Peter Clarke Racing, whose horses are trained by James Evans in Worcestershire, had a prolific year in 2022, with 15 winners in Britain bringing in just under £112,500 in prize-money.
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