Chancellor confirms remote betting on British horseracing will be exempt from tax rises and remain at 15% Decision reflects Government recognition of importance of horseracing as a treasured cultural 鈥� More 26 Nov 2025
Winners of the 2025 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards sponsored by Godolphin visited the Houses of Parliament earlier this week to celebrate their achievements and emphasise to politicians the significance 鈥� More 26 Oct 2025
Lord Allen of Kensington has today taken the reins as chair of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). To coincide with his first day in the role, Lord Allen issued the following statement: “Horseracing 鈥� More 1 Sep 2025
海角大神 (BHA) has today announced that no race meetings will take place in Britain on Wednesday 10th September as the sport takes the extraordinary step of refusing to race 鈥� More 17 Aug 2025
2,752 jobs at risk following proposed tax hikes, according to NEW independent research Proposed tax changes by the Government could see industry suffer at least 拢330 million revenue loss in first five 鈥� More 6 Aug 2025
In response to the news that the Welsh government intends to ban racing at its sole greyhound racing track, the Valley Stadium in Ystrad Mynach, a spokesperson for the British Horseracing Authority 鈥� More 19 Feb 2025
British Horseracing Authority (BHA) Chair Joe Saumarez Smith has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, it was announced today. Joe made the decision following a diagnosis that his health 鈥� More 30 Jan 2025
British racing has welcomed the decision by the Government to add six crucial racing-related roles to the new Immigration Salary List (ISL). The ISL, which has replaced the former Shortage Occupation 鈥� More 18 Mar 2024
The Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), Julie Harrington, has today issued the following statement regarding British Jump racing, in the aftermath of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival. 鈥� More 16 Mar 2024
Racing survey finds more than a quarter of bettors already forced to undergo affordability checks More than half will stop betting or bet less if new checks are introduced Strong opposition to proposals 鈥� More 16 Oct 2023
The BHA Board has agreed new fees for participants in 2023. They have confirmed that fees will rise by 8%. While this is a below-inflation increase 鈥� for the third consecutive year 鈥� we recognise 鈥� More 21 Dec 2022
Neil Hayward has been appointed as the first chair of racing鈥檚 Industry People Board, leading a new function within the sport with the remit of driving and ensuring delivery in efforts to recruit, 鈥� More 29 Nov 2022
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