Sometimes the racing dream doesn't go to plan, and help and advice to resolve a situation might be required. The ROA team can signpost help and impartial advice in confidence. 

Some disputes may need an initial conversation with a solicitor. A list of solicitors who are experienced in racing and bloodstock matters can be found here:

Racing Industry Solicitors

A dispute with your trainer

The ROA/NTF Training Agreement includes a section on the resolution of disputes (Clause 18-20).

Clause 19 of the ROA/NTF training agreement makes provision for an owner/trainer to pay a disputed sum into a joint account at Weatherbys controlled by the ROA and NTF.

The money is held until the dispute is resolved. Payment into the account permits an owner to remove their horses from a trainer's yard whilst giving the trainer comfort that there are cleared funds available to settle the debt or the part of the debt that it is eventually agreed should be paid.

ROA / NTF Joint Holding Account

The ROA and NTF have agreed a set of simple terms and conditions as follows:

Name of Account

1. ROA/NTF Joint Holding Account.

Purpose of Account

2. To provide an account for use pursuant to clause 21 of the ROA/NTF standard training agreement, being an account into which an owner in dispute with a trainer can pay the amount claimed by the trainer, such money to be held on the basis set out below:

Conditions of money being held in Account

3. Money is accepted into the account on the basis that it is cleared funds of the owner concerned.

4. The money will be held in the Account by the ROA and NTF as stakeholder until resolution of the dispute between the trainer and the owner.

5. Any interest shall be credited to the capital but the ROA or the NTF shall be entitled to deduct a reasonable administrative charge from any such interest

6. Details of the rate of interest applicable to the account can be obtained from the ROA or the NTF. There is no obligation upon the ROA or the NTF to monitor the rate of interest payable nor to seek better rates of interest.

Payment of money from the Account

7. Funds can only be withdrawn from the account on the joint signatories of authorised officers of the ROA and the NTF.

8. Funds will only be paid out on the written authority of both parties to the dispute or their legal advisers or in accordance with a court or consent order. The ROA and the NTF reserve the right to ask for further evidence of agreement or authority to instruct if not satisfied with the instructions received.

Liability

9. No liability shall attach to the ROA or the NTF or any officers of either association for any loss occasioned to any party arising out of the use of the ROA/NTF Joint Holding Account.

Raceday passes in a blur when you have a runner, let alone a winner. We've collated a list of the official photographers operating at UK racecourses, along with contact details, so you can relive the moment captured through the lense.

Further down the page we also have details on photographers who specialise in shots of horses using public gallops at major training centres.

Like the pictures on our site? Take a look at Focusonracing.com for more galleries.

Racecourses

Click on the photographer's name to go to their website.

Gallops

You can also get a different action shot of your horses working on the gallops:

Free Racing Replays

In the excitement of the day the race itself may have passed in a blur. Where can you go if you want to review your horse's race in the form of racing replays? 

Unfortunately, there is no free, one-stop-shop answer. How you can access a race depends on the course you have run at. Here is our handy guide to racing replays: 

At The Races

In spite of the change over to Sky Sports Racing, replays are still available on the old At The Races platform. However, replays of Irish races are no longer archived.

Access through: www.attheraces.com/replays
Price: Free
Log in required?: Yes. Free sign-up.
Courses covered: Ascot, Bangor, Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Chester, Doncaster, Fakenham, Ffos Las, Fontwell Park, Hexham, Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Newton Abbot, Plumpton, Ripon, Sedgfield, Southwell, Uttoxeter, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Yarmouth.

At The Races upload their race replays minutes after the horses past the post. 

Jockey Club Videos

Access through: www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/video/
Price: Free
Log in required?: No
Courses covered: Aintree, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs, Exeter, Haydock Park, Kempton Park, Market Rasen, Newmarket, Nottingham, Sandown Park, Warwick and Wincanton.

The Jockey Club website hosts a library of all their past fixtures. Races are uploaded to the site around 20minutes after the race have been run.

Racing Post

Access through: racingpost.co.uk
Price: You are required to be a Racing Post Ultimate Member. This costs £39.99 per month. ROA members can recieve a discount on this - 12 months for the price of 9 (£195 save £65)
Log in required: Yes
Courses covered: All (including Irish racing)

Racing TV

Access through: https://www.racingtv.com/videos/horse_racing_replays
Price: Free with a Racing UK subscription (£20pm - 33% discount for new subscriptions with an ROA membership)
Log in required?: Yes
Courses covered: Aintree, Ayr, Beverley, Carlisle, Cartmel, Catterick, Chelmesford City, Cheltenham, Epsom, Exeter, Goodwood, Hamilton Park, Haydock Park, Huntingdon, Kelso, Kempton Park, Leicester, Ludlow, Market Rasen, Musselburgh, Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham, Perth, Pontefract, Redcar, Salisbury, Sandown, Stratford, Taunton, Thirsk, Warwick, Wetherby, Wincanton, York.
Replays can also be viewed on mobiles and tablets providing you have the device enabled on the Racing TV Anywhere platform.

Sky Sports Racing

Replays still housed on the At The Races site (www.attheraces.com/replays). See details above.

Sporting Life

Access here
Price: Free membership to join and access.
Log in required?: Yes. Can create a Sporting Life log in, or by using one that you may have already set up through ITV7, SkyBet, Sky Super6, Sky Fantasy Football, Sky Six-A-Side.
Courses covered: All 60 courses in the UK. Irish racing also covered.

Thoroughbred Daily News

Access through: http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/race-replays/ 
Price: Free
Log in required? No
Courses covered: All UK, European and US courses but only carries Maidens, Stakes and Graded races. Can also sort races available by Sire.

REGULATION AND ADMIN

BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY
7^th Floor, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A 1AN
020 7152 0000
[email protected]
www.britishhorseracing.com

WEATHERBYS
Sanders Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4BX
01933 440077
[email protected]
www.weatherbys.co.uk

THE THOROUGHBRED GROUP

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STABLE STAFF
The Racing Centre, Fred Archer Way, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8NT
01638 663411
[email protected]
www.naors.co.uk

NATIONAL TRAINERS FEDERATION
9 High Street, Lambourn, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 8XL
01488 71719
[email protected]
www.racehorsetrainers.org

PROFESSIONAL JOCKEYS ASSOCIATION
39B Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5SJ
01635 778108
[email protected]
www.thepja.co.uk

THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ASSOCIATION and GREAT BRITISH BONUS
Stanstead House, 8 The Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9AA
01638 661321
[email protected]
www.thetba.co.uk

CHARITIES

INJURED JOCKEYS FUND
www.ijf.org.uk
Lambourn – Oaksey House 01488 674242 [email protected]
Malton – Jack Berry House 01653 602090 [email protected]
Newmarket – Peter O’Sullevan House 01638 662246

RACING WELFARE
20b Park Lane, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8QD
01638 560763
www.racingwelfare.co.uk

RETRAINING OF RACEHORSES
Office6, Penfold Building, Westfield Farm, East Garson, Hungerford, RG17 7HD
01488 648998
www.ror.org.uk

OTHERS

EUROPEAN BREEDERS FUND
Lushington House, 119 High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9AE
01638 667960
[email protected]
www.ebfstallions.com

GREAT BRITISH RACING
7^th Floor, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A 1AN
020 7152 0000
[email protected]
www.greatbritishracing.com

HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD
10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4PU
0207 333 0043
[email protected]
www.hblb.org.uk

RACECOURSE ASSOCIATION
Winkfield Road, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7HX
01344 873536
[email protected]
www.racecourseassociation.co.uk

PASS SYSTEM
01933 270333

RACING SCHOOLS

BRITISH RACING SCHOOL
Snailwell Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7NU
01638 665103
[email protected]
www.brs.org.uk

NATIONAL HORSERACING COLLEGE
The Stables, Rossington Hall, Doncaster, DN11 0HN
01302 861000
[email protected]
www.thenhc.co.uk

SALES HOUSES

GOFFS UK
Sandall Beat Road, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6JP
01302 349166
[email protected]
www.goffsuk.com

TATTERSALLS
Terrace House, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9BT
01638 665931
[email protected]
www.tattersalls.com

MEDIA

ATTHERACES / SKY SPORTS RACING
14 Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP
020 7420 3200
www.attheraces.com

INTERNATIONAL RACING BUREAU
Alton House, 117 High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9WL
01638 668881
[email protected]
www.irbracing.com

RACING POST
Floor 7, Vivo Building, Southbank Central, 30 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS
020 7748 3771
[email protected]
www.racingpost.com

RACING TV
Third Floor, Gillingham House, 38-44 Gillingham Street, London, SW1V 1HU
0844 855 1881
[email protected]
www.racinguk.tv

RACECOURSE GROUPS

ARENA RACING COMPANY
Third Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP
0207 802 5120
[email protected]
www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk

JOCKEY CLUB RACECOURSES
21-27 Lambs Conduit Street, London, WC1N 3NL
[email protected]
www.thejockeyclub.co.uk

Going to the sales is exciting, but can also be a bewildering experience. 

We have asked a few of the professionals for some handy tips when venturing to the sales ring planning to buy a horse for the first time.

Owners will most often be guided by their trainer when purchasing a horse. 

Breeze Up tips for Owners

These unique sales for two-year-olds give prospective purchasers the chance to see a horse breeze (gallop) over a couple of furlongs, either live or online, before the sale.

Ed Sackville, bloodstock agent and co-partner at Sackville Donald suggests the following helpful advice for owners heading to the breeze-up sales.

• Timing the horses certainly gives you an advantage, however, don’t be entirely dependent on the clock - Dante winner and Derby second Libertarian did a below average time when he breezed.
• Make sure you take into account what the going is when a horse breezes.
• At the breeze-ups it is often worth getting horses vetted as some of them may have been put under plenty of pressure in the previous months.
• Once you have bought a horse, don’t think that it is going to be instantly ready to run just because the day beforehand you saw it gallop two furlongs. Sometimes giving the horse a break does the world of good.
• If you can, look at the horse before and after it breezes.

Other Sales

Throughout the year there are a number if sales which covers horses in various stages of development; foals, yearlings, horses in training. These horses will not breeze beforehand, but are available of inspection. What is the best way to approach any sale?

Anthony Bromley, co-director of Highflyer Bloodstock, suggests the following tips when buying horses at the sales:

• Don't work alone. Having the opinion of a bloodstock agent who understands the market as well as the racehorse trainer who will train the horse is invaluable. Apart from their expert advice it is always good to have a second/third opinion on any purchase in life.

• Discuss your budget prior to going into the sales ring and try to stick to it. Remember the race is out on the racecourse and there are no prizes for being first at the auction.

• Make sure you watch him/her again in the pre-sales ring before you bid. By then your conformation notes should all be complete, and this last look is to ensure you are happy that the horse is coping with the occasion mentally.

• You don't have to be a fashion follower. In the vast majority of cases a stallion's first crop of foals are by far the most expensive he will ever have. A first-season sire is very popular because no one has bought or trained a loser by him yet! That situation will soon change.

• Don't go for a drink in the bar until after you have bought your horse!