• unique deal should significantly speed up sport’s internal negotiations
• Only Plumpton voted against the pact at Racecourse Association AGMRacing’s leaders signed a “historic” agreement on Thursday which,it is hoped, will remove much of the pain and delay from the sport’s politics. The document formalises a power structure within racing which will govern how the British Horseracing Authority interacts with horsemen and racecourses in attempting to reach decisions, or there was an impressive display of unity from the representatives of racing’s various interested parties as the signing took state.
Steve Harman,the BHA’s chairman since 2013, said he saw no truth in familiar suggestions that racing is a fragmented sport. “When I began in this role there were some who felt racing was factional but I didn’t find lots of slight fiefdoms. What I saw in most of racing’s leaders was humility, and a common sense of purpose and a desire to get stuff done. This,today, is an example of that.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com