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14 July 2025

Racecourse Accreditation criteria overhauled after review

Greater emphasis placed on the areas that members have told us you value the most

14 July 2025

Chelmsford City – Amateur riders race Thursday 21 August

National colours will be used instead of Owners colours in the race

14 July 2025

Weatherbys Bank update

Changes to streamline the onboarding process now implemented following discussions with the ROA

14 July 2025

Peplinski joins Racing Foundation Board

Peplinski brings over 30 years of senior racecourse management experience in Scotland, having served as Chief Executive of both Hamilton Park and Perth Racecourses.

03 July 2025

British Horseracing Authority urges the sport to call on Government to Axe the Racing Tax

Sport threatened with £66m in lost income

13 June 2025

Mellor appointed TBA chief executive

Naomi takes over from Clare Sheppard in September

12 June 2025

Charlie Parker: Betting tax hike would knock racing for six

“The damage to the rural economy could threaten 85,000 jobs and £300m in revenues”

11 June 2025

Devlin appointed Chair of Levy Board

Owner of Pyledriver and previous Chair of William Hill has been apointed by the Government for four years

01 June 2025

New Race Planning tool

Series and bonus races are staples of weekday racing, but how do you qualify for a potential big payout for a series final? Our interactive tool aims to make the process easier.

22 May 2025

Don't get caught out by HMRC changes

Whilst racing is a passion for owners, when VAT-registered, HMRC considers it to be a business operating under the Scheme.

19 May 2025

Summer Jumping Championship launches

The competition will feature a leading owner prize of £7,500

16 May 2025

Training Agreement reminder

There are many benefits of having a Training Agreement in place.

14 May 2025

Trial of deletion of small-field races put on hold

The dry weather has prompted the BHA to put on hold the trial initiative of the short-notice deletion of small-field races.

14 May 2025

Levy Yield of Around £108m Expected For 2024/25

The figure exceeds the 2023/24 figure of £105m

12 May 2025

Pre-race examination dates

Provisional list of dates and locations at which all-card pre-race examinations are currently scheduled to take place for the remainder of 2025

12 May 2025

British EBF maintain record £2m support for racing

The British EBF have released details of their 2025 race programme which sees £2million of contributions to horseracing’s prizemoney from 35 British stallion studs.

07 May 2025

Charlie Parker: Partnership agreement will future-proof sport

“Establishing a guaranteed prize-money contribution with a share in the upside should be in our power”

05 May 2025

Race definition changes

Race definitions updated by the BHA

01 May 2025

Apprentice and Conditional Jockey claims

The number of winners a Flat Apprentice and Jump Conditional need to ride before losing their 5lb claim has been extended by 10 winners

21 April 2025

Retention of owners in focus

The Owner Relations team started work in January of this year - what have they been up to?

13 April 2025

Fortune favours the brave on and off the track

“We could turbo-charge existing revenue streams while releasing funds for core and NH racing”

12 April 2025

Star Sports launch Brighton Owners Series

Top owner or syndicate at Brighton to receive £10,000 plus £5,000 to go to local charity

01 April 2025

Benefits of being VAT registered

There are many benefits of being VAT registered for your racing activities. Find out more here

31 March 2025

Mullen to become Group Chief Executive of The Jockey Club

Former Ladbrokes Coral Group CEO to take the reins in June.

19 March 2025

ROR Owner Contribution

Racehorse Owners’ contributions strengthen British Racing’s aftercare strategy 

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14 February 2025

ROA Racecourse Accreditation 2024

2024 Racehorse Owners Association Gold Standard Award sets a new benchmark of 46 winners