https://www.racingpost.com/news/late...a-chair/373769
I don't know this lady at all but I can't help thinking WTF!! She has zero experience of horse racing. And now she is Chairman of the BHA - well I suppose at least she's not Australian but all the same......
I have had more to do with the BHA recently through my role within point to pointing and currently I despair of their incompetence. I just get the feeling that so few of them actually have a real grasp on horse racing as very few have actually ever worked in the industry. Whilst that should not be a complete barrier to a job there, some hands-on grass roots experience surely has to be valuable? We are currently desperate for new Stewards within pointing. I have a friend who is a solicitor, has owned racehorses for several years, ridden since childhood and served on a point to point committee - an ideal candidate. I put his name forward to the BHA as requested. I emailed them several times as has the Point to Point Authority. I have spoken to the person who deals with this face to face - twice. Has she bothered to do ANYTHING? Nope.