An owner has threatened to quit the sport after racing chiefs rejected his appeal to get the name of his horse reinstated.
Nick Rhodes asked the British Horseracing Authority to reconsider after they deemed 'Buggerlugs' to be "inappropriate." He chose the name for a juvenile sprinter as it was an affectionate term his late father Les used in his childhood.
Rhodes, who made it official with Weatherbys last summer, was told the thoroughbred would have to be renamed the day before his debut on May 10. A spokesperson for the British Horseracing Authority said: “On further consideration, the name was viewed as inappropriate.”
