- Annamarie Phelps will leave at end of first term in May
- Reorganisation under way with sport seeking levy reform
The chair of the British Horseracing Authority has announced she is stepping down at the end of her first term in charge at the end of May. Annamarie Phelps made her surprise announcement on the eve of the sport’s most important meeting with the Cheltenham Festival due to start next week.
Former Olympic rower Phelps took up the role in June 2019 after working for a variety of governing bodies and had indicated in a newspaper interview last October that she was keen to extend her time at the head of racing’s regulators but the BHA is entering a period of reorganisation, and Joe Saumarez Smith, who is currently an independent non-executive director at the BHA, will now take on the position until the end of his term in the autumn of 2023.
Continue reading…Annamarie Phelps will leave at end of first term in MayReorganisation under way with sport seeking levy reformThe chair of the British Horseracing Authority has announced she is stepping down at the end of her first term in charge at the end of May. Annamarie Phelps made her surprise announcement on the eve of the sport’s most important meeting with the Cheltenham Festival due to start next week.Former Olympic rower Phelps took up the role in June 2019 after working for a variety of governing bodies and had indicated in a newspaper interview last October that she was keen to extend her time at the head of racing’s regulators but the BHA is entering a period of reorganisation, and Joe Saumarez Smith, who is currently an independent non-executive director at the BHA, will now take on the position until the end of his term in the autumn of 2023. Continue reading…[#item_full_content]