As covered in yesterday’s Racing Post, the British Horseracing Authority is concerned by the findings of the study published ...

Covering an initial three-year period, Our People, Racing’s Future sets out a vision for ensuring racing is an attractive, ...

Races restricted to horses that have never won a race under that specific code – that is, on the Flat or over hurdles. Open to maidens but also to winners of either one or two races. The winners ...

Horseracing in Britain is among the world’s best regulated animal activities. Responsibility for the care of our animals rests with everyone in the sport. From the people who independently govern and ...

An initial handicap mark will often be the best performance figure that a horse has achieved in (what will usually be) three qualifying runs. If a horse has a performance figure of 70 on each of its ...

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 ...

It is with great sadness that the British Horseracing Authority can today confirm the death of our former Chair and friend ...

British racing’s leaders recognise the shared challenges facing the sport and the need to work together to address them. From areas like more prize money and competitive field sizes, through horse ...

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) can confirm that Sedgefield’s fixture on Wednesday 19 February has been transferred ...

BHA handicappers aim to treat every horse fairly and strictly on the merit of its form, using good handicapping practice and always maintaining the highest level of integrity. We are available to ...

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 ...