If you are a member of NARS and would like to help shape its future, you can put your name forward to be elected for our Executive Council — all nominations should be received by 20th April 2018. The council meets 4 times a year and you will be paid for your time and travel…
A survey is being conducted to help decide the future vision of The Racing Centre. We want as many racing and stud staff as possible — current users and non-users — to have their say. It is vital that we understand what people in Newmarket actually want in order to shape the future vision for this…
We are looking into arranging coaches to Badminton Horse Trials for racing staff around the country. This is a fantastic day out and we are able to get tickets for the Cross Country day on 5 May 2018, which include entrance and the transport, for £40 and £10 for under 12s. If we have sufficient interest, Badminton…
FIRST LYCETTS TEAM CHAMPION AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE NATIONAL TRAINERS FEDERATION AGM Nick Alexander’s Kinneston yard from Fife in Scotland and Warren Greatrex at Uplands in Lambourn, Berkshire were announced today as the inaugural winners of the Lycetts Team Champion Award, which celebrates the British racehorse training yards with the highest standards…
Betfair to Support Racing Staff Week for Third Year — Featuring a New Stable Staff Charity Race at Newton Abbot Racing Welfare is delighted to announce that Betfair will support Racing Staff Week for the third year. Racing Welfare’s most extensive PR and fundraising campaign of the year takes place from Saturday 30th June to…
18 Feb 2018 BHA Features Welfare As excitement builds for the 2018 Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards due to take place tomorrow night, more information about the 18 finalists has been revealed. The three finalists for each of the six awards have been selected from an original field of over 250 nominations. They have spent a…
Jessica McLernon of Musley Bank Stables crowned employee of the year at 2018 Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards Following a gala evening ceremony celebrating the achievements of stud and stable staff from across the country at the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards, Jessica McLernon, Assistant Trainer at Richard Fahey’s Musley Bank Stables, has…
STABLE LASS Riding out and mucking in Tales from a Yorkshire racing yard – Gemma Hogg To be published in hardback on 5 April 2018 at £16.99 and in ebook at £6.57 ‘Vividly funny, shockingly frank, deeply passionate, movingly sensitive – and that’s just about the horses! A bawdy, caring, and wickedly insightful stable yard…
Please can all traveling staff note the changes being made to the equine sampling kits and an upcoming rule change published by France Galop making Equine Herpes Virus vaccination mandatory. Read full details.