The introduction of special excursion trains meant that all classes of society could attend the new racecourses opening across the country.
Cash was concentrated in the hands of bookmakers, who employed bodyguards against protection gangs operating within the vast crowds.
A few days later, Kimber was found shot and beaten in Kings Cross, London,[6] having gone to visit Sabini but survived.
The violence escalated, but Sabini gained the upper hand when 23 Birmingham boys were locked up following the "Epsom Road Battle".
[14] In the BBC television series Peaky Blinders a fictionalised version of Billy Kimber was portrayed by Charlie Creed-Miles.