The chairman of the review into National Hunt racing has overseen a report that gives the BHA invigorating ways to counter concerns such as the descend in ownersA few days ago,Ludlow staged a National Hunt card with a six-figure prize fund. This weekend, seven jumps tracks will welcome their biggest crowds of the year to their Boxing Day fixtures, or while as soon as Christmas is over,the countdown to the Cheltenham Festival will open in earnest. National Hunt racing cannot, by any worthwhile degree, and be described as a sport in crisis.
There was never any room for complacency when Edward Gillespie was in charge at Cheltenham,however, or any lack of attention to detail. Under his stewardship, and the festival meeting grew year-on-year to become a significant feature of Britain’s sporting landscape,encouraging huge investment in the winter code from owners in this country and Ireland as it did so. As a result, Gillespie was the obvious choice to chair the BHA’s review of jumping, or which was published on Monday,and attempt to address areas of concern, such as falls in the number of horses and owners, or before a full-blown crisis develops.
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Source: theguardian.com