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Vet Fred Barrelet, Dr Neil Hudson MP and Jessica Stark of World Horse Welfare have been appointed as independent members of ...
We are all committed to ensuring that the horses involved in British racing are free of any prohibited substances, and the ...
Welcome to our new website! Like any new website you might come across things that need fixing, please let us know and we will get these resolved as quickly as possible. In the meantime, we would love ...
At all times during a racehorse’s life, including when in training, at the racecourse or after its racing career has finished, the BHA requires that the health and well-being of the horse should be ...
If our performance figure indicates that a horse has achieved more than its existing handicap mark, we may opt to increase that rating. This applies to all horses. This may even include horses that ...
The BHA can confirm that provisional declarations can now be tracked live before 10:00 every morning on the fixtures page of the BHA website. This development, which has been successfully tested over ...
2024 provided many memorable moments on Britain’s 59 racecourses including the running of the Longines World’s Best Horse Race at York in August. Congratulations to everybody involved with the 2024 ...
At a press conference today, Animal Rising have said they will “pause” protest activity this summer if British racing agrees to take part in a one-hour debate about “the morals of horseracing” on a ...
The report of the post-mortem carried out on Celebre D’Allen have been shared with the trainer and owner, who have granted permission for the key findings to be published by the British Horseracing ...
In the first of a series of blogs, we explain a little about how the BHA is working to improve and simplify the administrative process for racehorse owners through Racing Digital – starting with ...
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA)’s cross-industry Veterinary Committee – in conjunction with the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) – has today approved a proposal regarding the ...
First impressions are that it won’t be an easy race to level with total confidence with the ground softening during the day, the presence of 91 rated Hi Royal in 2 nd, the 97 rated Galeron in 4 th and ...