BHB Chief Executive Greg Nichols said today:
鈥淚n the statement issued on 5th February, the BHB Board did not, as Arena Leisure today claimed, distance itself from the views expressed by Peter Savill, in his capacity as Chairman of Plumpton racecourse, in his letter to the Daily Telegraph published on 17th January. Nor were 鈥渢he views and actions of an individual鈥orrected by the BHB as a whole鈥�, as Arena also claimed.
鈥淭he Board, with the exception of the two RCA appointees, has, as BHB鈥檚 statement clearly said, 鈥渁lways been of the view that the RCA/racecourses breached the Future Funding Plan鈥� and has obtained legal opinion to this effect. BHB鈥檚 statement also made clear the Board鈥檚 view that 鈥渢he Future Funding Plan is dead鈥� and that it saw 鈥渘o constructive purpose over further debating the reason for its demise鈥� nor of taking legal action to prove that the RCA/racecourses breached it. Such action would serve only to enrich the legal profession at the expense of racing.
鈥淏HB now looks forward to moving on from this issue and to continuing to work with all sectors of the industry, including every racecourse.鈥�
