BHA Introduces One Team Stewarding Model

[Wandering Eyes]

British racing will adopt a “one team” stewarding model beginning in 2019. The new model, unveiled by the British Horseracing Authority on Wednesday, is intended to improve standards of officiating, increase consistency, transparency and accountability and to bring British racing in line with other sporting bodies and other racing jurisdictions while also respecting and utilising the history, tradition and significant expertise of the current model.

A new chief steward role, under BHA employment, will be introduced, as will a multi-skilled BHA raceday assistant role to ensure that the stewarding team is better joined up with other raceday functions. Voluntary stewards will make up the Stewards’ Panel Chair with responsibility for chairing stewards enquiries and ensuring procedural fairness.

Brant Dunshea, chief regulatory officer of the BHA, said, “We believe that the new officiating model retains the best elements of the current model, while raising the bar on integrity, welfare and the management of risk and major incidents. We expect this to bring together all our raceday teams, including our volunteer and professional stewards and other officials, into a more coherent, supportive, consistent, flexible and effective operation. Threats and challenges are always best addressed by working as a team, and this ‘one team’ concept is central to the development of the new model we will be establishing.”

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