Simone Meloni has been named the 2025 Employee of the Year at the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, sponsored by ...

2024 provided many memorable moments on Britain’s 59 racecourses including the running of the Longines World’s Best Horse ...

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

“The BHA co-ordinates an active Cross Party Group for Horseracing in the Senedd and will continue to use the group’s ...

The new year is always busy when it comes to political engagement and 2025 has been no exception.

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 ...

Welcome to the BHA’s Guide to Handicapping. Here you will find all you need to understand how handicapping works in British racing. If you do not find what you are looking for, please feel free to ...

Racing is everyone’s sport: Our vision is for racing to be a diverse and inclusive sport in which everyone can achieve their potential and where fans from all communities feel welcome. British ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

British racing is proud of its record on horse welfare and the improvements it has made over many years to the safety of horses and jockeys. Nothing is more important than the safety of our ...