The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) can confirm an additional All-Weather fixture will take place at Southwell on Sunday 29 September. The fixture will comprise of seven races, with the ability to ...

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is delighted to have secured a prestigious Gold Award in recognition of the organisation’s sustained support for the British Armed Forces community. Gold status ...

Since the beginning of the year, we have been publishing monthly reports on various measures of how our sport is performing and the data pack covering all races up to the end of August is now ...

At every meeting in Britain, racing takes place before a team of Stewards tasked with ensuring what unfolds on the track does so within the Rules of Racing. As was set out in a previous blog looking ...

On Saturday 24 August, a feature appeared in the Daily Telegraph’s print edition, having previously been published online on Thursday 22 August, entitled ‘Why It Might Be Time To Stop Riding Horses’.

The option to run horses that are 1lb or 2lb above a race’s published rating band will not be available in Class 5 and 6 handicaps from Monday 11 November. This is an extended trial that will run on ...

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) can confirm the rescheduling of two races from Salisbury’s abandoned fixture on Thursday 5 September. The Group 3 Dick Poole Fillies’ Stakes (£45,000) 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 ...

The main role of the BHA’s Board is to provide strategic leadership and direction. The Board is comprised of ten Directors and meets eight times per year. At the BHA Board meeting in January 2020, it ...

It has been long recognised that inexperienced jockeys benefit from structured coaching when race riding to improve and develop their skills. With 74 races across 7 series, including both flat and ...

We calculate a performance figure for every horse in every race. This is the rating we think each horse has achieved in a particular race, given a variety of factors, and are expressed on an identical ...