The Tablet's Racing Correspondent

I like The Tablet. I read it every week almost from cover to cover. It recently got a new editor and is even better than it was before. Though it is Roman Catholic its articles run the whole gamut of religious, social and political interest.

However, the new editor has introduced a racing correspondent who submits occasional articles. Last week it was on hunting in Ireland. Maybe I am a bit of a puritan, but a religious weekly journal having a racing correspondent? To me its as bad as having a brothels correspondent, or a "Paedophile Priest of the Week" profile. I just don't get it. As far as I am concerned the gambling industry is on a par with the sex industry. And gambling is what horse racing is about, not handsome animals.