Flat all-weather racing could be first to resume actionBHA cuts monthly budget by £1m during lockdownThe British Horseracing Authority’s overall plan to steer the sport and industry through the coronavirus pandemic became much clearer in the space of a…
The BHA wouldn’t dare subject the Sheikh to its ‘fit and proper’ person test but he would be far from certain to passIt is probably fair to say that when the British Horseracing Authority drew up its “fit and proper” criteria for prospective racehorse …
BHA sets up steering group on outbreak’s threat to sportThe official position is that nothing has changed, yetGamblers believe the Cheltenham Festival is at serious risk of being postponed or abandoned as fear of the spread of coronavirus begins to see…
BHA sets up steering group on outbreak’s threat to sportThe official position is that nothing has changed, yetGamblers believe the Cheltenham Festival is at serious risk of being postponed or abandoned as fear of the spread of coronavirus begins to see…
Language matters, as the Horse Welfare Board noted this week, so why continue to use a term which is off-putting to others?A serious, substantial piece of work is the strategic plan published on Thursday by the newly created Horse Welfare Board. It is …
Officials in Britain have signed a deal to provide integrity services to support their counterparts in IrelandHorse racing is to enter a new era of collaboration across the Irish Sea with the news that officials in Britain have signed a deal to provide…
The headhunters tasked with finding the new head of the BHA face some tricky choices as they scroll through their contactsThe headhunters tasked with finding Nick Rust’s replacement as chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority face some tric…
The headhunters tasked with finding the new head of the BHA face some tricky choices as they scroll through their contactsThe headhunters tasked with finding Nick Rust’s replacement as chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority face some tric…
• Rust had reflected on position after recent bereavement• Head of racing’s governing body will leave at end of yearThe British Horseracing Authority’s chief executive Nick Rust will step down at the end of the year after nearly six years leading racin…
Ruling body intervened on Wednesday evening to point out that the steeplechaser is still entered at Kempton on SaturdayIn a startling development, racing’s ruling body announced on Wednesday evening that Altior was still entered in Saturday’s Silviniac…
The ultimate legacy of the six racing-free days in Britain last year may well be an even stronger barrier against flu infectionAlmost exactly 11 months ago, on 7 February 2019, racing woke up to the news that ‘everything’s off’. Three horses in Donald …
• BHA to look at procedure after delay in ruling race void• Decision on London National came 35 minutes after finishThe British Horseracing Authority said on Sunday it will look at its procedures for declaring races void in the aftermath of the London …
Racing’s regulator did not seek to persuade a disciplinary panel that elastic bands on the whip flap caused a horse’s injuryWhen we finally reach our deathbeds and are reflecting on all that went before, few of us will be wishing we’d spent more time i…
Racing’s regulator did not seek to persuade a disciplinary panel that elastic bands on the whip flap caused a horse’s injuryWhen we finally reach our deathbeds and are reflecting on all that went before, few of us will be wishing we’d spent more time i…
• Jockey who used modified whip made ‘mistake’, panel decides• Betting patterns on winner backed from 100-1 not consideredThe independent disciplinary panel which considered Danny Brock’s use of a modified whip on a horse that was found to have been ma…
• Irish regulator looking into the owner of Kemboy• BHA faces calls for fit and proper tests on all syndicate membersRacing’s ruling body is mulling over plans to tighten up its regulation of syndicates, a hot topic in the wake of the drama around the …
Nicola McDermott to leave her role next month but BHA insists that a series of high-profile departures are not linkedNicola McDermott, who has served as intelligence manager at the British Horseracing Authority for just over a year, is to leave her pos…
The ruling body ‘runs the risk of being chased into a corner from which it cannot escape,’ says the latest Chasers & HurdlersThe extremely welcome announcement last month that dual Grand National winner Tiger Roll is on target to try and win an unp…
• Jockey banned for six months after testing positive for drug• Grand National-winning trainer lectured rider at hearingThe jockey William Carson admitted taking “eight or nine lines” of cocaine in a pub on a Monday night, just two days before riding i…
The British Horseracing Authority has issued an unapologetic defence of its policy of taking pre-race blood samples from horses, following a complaint by the trainer Jessica HarringtonRacing’s ruling body has issued an unapologetic defence of its polic…
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