Stuart Bingham sees it as a privilege to be in the position to try and break the curse of the Crucible, where no first time world champion has ever successfully defended their title. Bingham, 39, returns to the scene of his unexpected triumph on Saturday when he faces Ali Carter in the opening round of this years World Championship.The Basildon-player arrives in Sheffield hoping to break with tradition and achieve what many of the greatest snooker stars in history have so far failed to do. Since the tournament moved to the Crucible in 1977, as many as 16 first-time champions have failed in their bid to claim back-to-back titles, including Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins and Ronnie OSullivan.Over the past 39 years, only two first-time winners have reached the final when defending - these are Joe Johnson (1987) and Ken Doherty (1998).Regarding the curse, Bingham said: Its an honour to have the Crucible curse tagged on me this year.A lot of people havent experienced what Ive had in the last year, so to have that chance to break the curse is going to be great.Nobodys ever done it, so the odds are stacked against me. Im looking forward now to Saturday and kicking it all off.And he faces a difficult opener against Carter who may be the world No 31 but is a two-time runner-up - losing both of his finals against OSullivan.Theres been a bit more pressure, mainly pressure on myself to try to play like a world champion, added Bingham.It took me near enough 10 months to get used to it. The last couple of months have been pretty good. Life has been fantastic.Ive been on things like A Question of Sport and other TV shows, and Ive been to places Id never dream of going, so its been fantastic really.I wouldnt change it for the world. I remember when people like Shaun Murphy and John Higgins were world champion, and youd definitely raise your game by 10 per-cent when you played those type of players to try to beat them and make a name for yourself.I knew that was going to happen to me but I thought Id be good enough to handle it but, for a while, obviously that wasnt the case. 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It will cost $250 per horse to train on a Warrnambool beach during the summer months.A compromise reached with local authorities means Warrnambool Racing Club (WRC) has a licence to allow 50 horses a day access to Mills Reef beach at Port Fairy.Exercise at other beach locations will be off limits from December 1 until February 28, but horses will be allowed to wade and swim at Warrnambools Lady Bay.WRC chief executive Peter Downs has been contacting the more than 50 licensed trainers in the area to explain the new beach training conditions.Were contacting all the trainers regardless of whether theyve got one horse or 100 horses and asking them if they want a licence, which has a cost associated with it, and how many they would like, Downs told RSN927.Once weve got all that data well break it up into as an equal way as possible depending on how many licences the trainers would like to apply for.Downs said there had previously been no costs associated with beach training, however it was considered illegal to practise commercial horse training on a Parks Victooria reserve.ddddddddddddThe WRC will be paying a licence fee that will be a lot more than $250 per horse, Downs said.We wont be covering all our costs in that $250 and if we were to pass on all the costs we think it would be too prohibitive to some of the smaller trainers.Downs pointed out the $250 licence wasnt restricted to one horse, but could be interchanged among horses within a stable.He said most of the trainers were understanding about the situation which will ,mean beach training numbers will be cut from between 100 and 120 horses to 50 while a further 130 horses worked at the racecourse daily.Killarney beach had between 80 to 100 horses a day and then there were other small beaches that are now off limits which may have taken the total to 120 horses a day using the beaches, he said.Group One-winning trainers Darren Weir and Ciaron Maher have credited beach training in the area with the success of horses with problems. 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