Participants for the 35th British Horseracing Development Programme, which will begin on Monday 30 June 2025, have been ...

Vet Fred Barrelet, Dr Neil Hudson MP and Jessica Stark of World Horse Welfare have been appointed as independent members of ...

We are all committed to ensuring that the horses involved in British racing are free of any prohibited substances, and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At all times during a racehorse’s life, including when in training, at the racecourse or after its racing career has finished, the BHA requires that the health and well-being of the horse should be ...

If our performance figure indicates that a horse has achieved more than its existing handicap mark, we may opt to increase that rating. This applies to all horses. This may even include horses that ...

The BHA can confirm that provisional declarations can now be tracked live before 10:00 every morning on the fixtures page of the BHA website. This development, which has been successfully tested over ...

2024 provided many memorable moments on Britain’s 59 racecourses including the running of the Longines World’s Best Horse Race at York in August. Congratulations to everybody involved with the 2024 ...

In the first of a series of blogs, we explain a little about how the BHA is working to improve and simplify the administrative process for racehorse owners through Racing Digital – starting with ...

From Spring 2025, the BHA’s Racing Administration site will start to be replaced by a brand-new platform called the Racing Digital (RD) Hub. This blog explains what this change means for Racing Admin ...