Welcome to Episode 5 of The BHA Podcast. First up, we have Greg Swift and Victoria Morgan to discuss their latest attempt to lobby the Government on betting tax and we’ll also be checking in on the British Horseracing Development Programme, which got underway in Newmarket recently.

A report was recently published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for racing and Bloodstock warning of “a triple-whammy of financial threats caused by Government policy” that is said pOsed a threat to the future of British racing. Entitled ‘Securing Racing’s Future: The Threat to British Horseracing’, it sets out how racing could be devastated by the Government’s proposals to hike online betting taxes. This comes at a time when, as we’ve discussed on this show before, affordability checks are already restricting people’s ability to enjoy a bet on racing, and a failure to deliver a sustainable central funding continues to provide uncertainty.

Then to finish up, we wanted to turn the spotlight on the British Horseracing Development Programme, which began in Newmarket on Monday 30 June and is celebrating its 35th year this year.

The Programme, in its various guises down the years, has acted as an entry point to the industry for a great number of people who have gone on to senior positions in our sport. The likes of Alan Delmonte, Ed Chamberlin, Sulekha Varma and so many more got their start in racing thanks to the Programme and, more than three decades on, it’s still going strong.

Nick sat down with Zoe Elliott, the BHA’s Head of Careers Marketing and Recruitment, to discuss how the Programme works, its goals and successes. 

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