Charlie Brooks: Recession has huge implications for the bloodstock world

It's with regret that I have to clarify that I am an ex-breeder, because the day before Beat the Shower won, I had his mother euthanised. So Tuesday night was not a celebration of Freddie Flintoff proportions.

There were three reasons for deciding to have Crimson Shower put down. Firstly, she was getting on a bit and looked like she'd had enough of life. I didn't want her to struggle through another Cotswolds winter.

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