John Fashanu presents the investigative sports programme. "Firing" is a controversial method of curing lame racehorses that was described as barbaric by the Royal
College of Veterinary Surgeons who banned it last year. But there's a powerful lobby in racing which says firing works. To beat the ban, trainers now send their horses to Ireland to be fired, a situation which they say is farcical.
Producer Karen Rodgers Editor David Taylor