I have just read Richard Dunwoody's article about The Sovereign Races. It includes his comment's of one unamed trainer saying "The money will go to those who don't need it". Well I agree with that trainer, I worked in racing for 25 years, in a large northern yard, and we would average about 80-90 winners a year, both flat & jumps, so we did ok, but it's the small yards that don't have Pattern Race quality horses that never get a squeak at this sort of cash injection. Why don't the BHB introduce a "League Series" of resonable quality races up and down the country for sprinters, milers, middle distance & stayers. Don't use the Classics, or King George and such because these races, we already know how good you are to run in them, and these races are an event in themselves. Say they used 9 or 10 races, such as the Stewards Cup, Ayr Gold Cup, even the Pontefract Marathon for the stayers. In each group over the whole of the flat season, with points for 1st to 6th places, then the Bonus Money to be paid to the first four in the "league" of each group. I think a would be an entry puller and a crowd pleaser. If to many runners declared, usual Rules Of Racing apply. Who remembers such horses as Chaplins Club, Spindrifter, Soba & Timeless Times winning countless races in a season? It was nice to see these horses run, and the public took them to heart. We always see the mega rich owners, buying the best & winning the most, so why not let somebody smaller have a share of what British Racing has to offer.