IFHA Forms Governance Steering Committee

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The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities has created a steering committee to study the future governance of the IFHA, IFHA Chairman Louis Romanet announced on Tuesday. The committee was created on the request of Romanet to evaluate the IFHA’s statues and structure and was approved by the Executive Council. IFHA Vice-Chairman Brian Kavanagh will lead the committee, which is composed of participants from the four regional areas representing: the Asian Racing Federation (Frances Nelson, QC, Chair of Racing Australia), European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation (Nick Rust, Chief Executive British Horseracing Authority), North America (Jim Lawson, Chief Executive Officer, Woodbine Entertainment Group), and South America’s OSAF (Horacio Esposito, Advisor in International Affairs, OSAF).

“Any global organization must consistently assess its mechanisms to ensure the structure can realize its missions for a continually evolving world, and horse racing is no different,” said Romanet. “I look forward to receiving the recommendations from this newly formed governance steering committee as it is critical that the IFHA measures itself for the future challenges of our global sport, and to ensure our sustained ability to promote good regulation and best practices.”

In other IFHA news, the Iran Equestrian Federation (IEF) was approved by the IFHA Executive Council as an affiliate member.

“We were honored to host the Iran Equestrian Federation at the 52nd IFHA Conference and to learn about the distinguished history of Iranian racing and breeding,” Romanet said. “On behalf of the IFHA, I wish them continued success and look forward to working with the IEF as an affiliate member of our federation.”

Several changes to various IFHA technical committees were also approved. For the full details, click here.

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