Alan Bailey has announced he will retire early next year after almost 40 years training.

William Hill are on track to meet expectations for the year but the government crackdown on FOBTs continues to impact the bookmaker’s high street business.

Trainer, Noel Wilson become the latest trainer forced to quit training for financial reasons and saying, no light at the end of the tunnel.

Jockey Danny Brock feels his career has been ended by his seven-day ban for marking a horse with a whip modified with elastic bands.