Category: News

Over 1500 hours donated by over 50 racing businesses nationwide Activity co-ordinated by Racing Together ranged from hands-on work to careers days and environmental clean-ups More than 50 organisations from across the British racing came … Read more

The Horse Comes First – British racing’s cross industry campaign for promotion and education around the high welfare standards that exist within British horseracing – has today launched, on behalf of the industry, a new video featuring former … Read more

To celebrate International Women’s Day (Friday 8th March) we have asked some women who work in the horseracing industry today for their career paths and what got them interested in racing. With such a diverse and mix of roles you can do now each … Read more

Careers in Racing, The British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) Careers Marketing campaign on behalf of the racing industry has today launched a new Volunteer Career Maker programme to inspire the next generation to work in British racing. Its aim … Read more

Jedd O’Keeffe and Tom Dascombe were announced as the 2019 winners of the Lycetts Team Champion Award, which celebrates the British racehorse training yards with the highest standards of employee management. The announcement was made at a … Read more

An exciting new activity that Careers in Racing have launched for 2019 is our Volunteer Career Makers. These volunteers could be people working in racing currently, retired workforce or simply just a horseracing fan. We aim to recruit people … Read more

Last week Aintree Racecourse and Women in Racing announced Denise Lewis OBE will join the 2019 Aintree Grand Women’s Summit. Denise is one of Great Britain’s most well-known sports stars having won the Heptathlon Gold at the Sydney Olympics in … Read more

The 18 finalists for the 2019 Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards have been announced. Having narrowed down the 202 applications to a shortlist of ten finalists in each of the six categories in December, the judges have now made their final … Read more

Following a recent inspection, the British Racing School (BRS) has been awarded the grade of ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted – the highest grade attainable. Following the full four-day inspection in November they have become the only Grade 1 Outstanding … Read more

New policy comes into effect from 1 January 2019 and will enable everyone in racing to manage safeguarding issues with confidence, efficiency and appropriate support Adherence to the Policy will form part of the licensing requirements for all … Read more