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Lord Charles Allen has resigned as chair of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) after six months in the role, having been unable to achieve the governance change that he proposed when taking up his post on September 1. Lord Allen was first nominated as chair in November 2024, but the start of his tenure was delayed as the BHA said that he wished to “continue meeting stakeholders to better inform his vision for the sport”. Three months later than was originally planned, Lord Allen stepped into his position at the helm of the BHA after its member organisations (Racecourse Association, Racehorse Owners Association, Thoroughbred Breeders' Association and Licensed Personnel) unanimously agreed that there should be a completely independent Board and that the BHA should have a commercial remit. However, in a statement issued by the BHA on Tuesday, it was confirmed that unanimous support for those two goals – which is required in order to make changes to the BHA Articles – had not been possible to achieve among the members who currently nominate representatives to the Board. It was this impasse which has ultimately led to Lord Allen's decision to step down. He said, “Horseracing is an amazing sport with great potential and over the last year I have met some incredibly passionate people who love the sport who believe to survive and prosper that change is needed. I also want to pay tribute to the hardworking and dedicated BHA team. I wish the sport well for the future.” The BHA Board is now set to meet to determine what interim arrangements will be put in place. David Jones, the senior independent director of the BHA, added, “The Board would like to thank Charles for the time and effort that he has put into the role helping us to develop a vision that is aspirational and achievable, and we regret that we were unable to put in place at this time the governance changes that would have enabled us to progress this. I have enjoyed working with him and wish him continued success.” The post Lord Allen Resigns as Chair of the BHA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Reality is that the TAB Bookies are clearly under instructions from bosses to not let serious punters on for anything other than small amounts! Was speaking to a serious punter the other day and he couldn’t really believe how little he was allowed to wager on his own horse. Welcome to the world of the NZ TAB fixed odds betting, started out ok with Entain but has seriously deteriorated to the point where only the smaller punters, losing punters are welcomed as well as the off your face Thursday night presenters. Anyway make the most of the next couple of years of Entain contributions cos after that, like it or not it ain’t going to be flash . Brodie unfortunately on the money unless someone can come on and tell us that Brodie is wrong?

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the point i made was cost cutting can often be related to a company looking to cut costs when profit margins aren't  as good as predicted. i get what your saying,cost cutting can occur even when that doesn't apply. but i also gave the example in my previous post of the tab racing club.  You appear to say"why wouldn't they cut that cost". Well,when you've heavily publicised something and got 18,000 customers involved,then one day,just as the promotion is taking off,you pull the rug out from under them and say to those 18000 customers,nah,we've changed our minds. Well thats very poor if they did it for the reasons you give. Hey,maybe your right,maybe that is how entain behave,very poor if it is.I had thought entain may have done it because of the reduced profit in australasia  due to the$100m they have had to set aside for the austrac  fine.