Manifesto for the Future – Campaign Blog

The base of the pyramid crumbles – ignore at your peril

British racing is a big industry, and at the top tier of the sport a considerable amount of money can be made. In the Blueprint we examined the profitability of all the stakeholders. In 2019, the... Read
Jon Hughes

by Jon Hughes

Current on and off-course owner experience - is it good enough?

It’s hard not to feel desperately sorry for racecourses. From March onwards they have been haemorrhaging money: the majority of staff furloughed, sponsorship deals cancelled, hospitality events... Read
Jon Hughes

by Jon Hughes

“Money, money, money” – it’s a horsemen’s world

Our 100-day campaign to apply pressure on British Racing to develop a highly practical Recovery of Racing Plan broadly coincides with the first 100 days in office of the new Chairman of the... Read
Jon Hughes

by Jon Hughes

Signing the pledge – and we’re not talking about going teetotal

At the heart of our campaign to Keep Owners in Racing we have advocated a strongly collaborative approach to be adopted by all the leaders of British racing. Maintaining unity and common purpose... Read
Jon Hughes

by Jon Hughes

Peace breaks out (hopefully) – Levy board pours oil on troubled waters (again)

During lockdown there was a rare outbreak of collaborative behaviour across racing’s fragmented and disunited stakeholders in the Resumption of Racing Group.  Just about everyone rallied around to... Read
Jon Hughes

by Jon Hughes

Team Racing – why Racing needs more than ever to collaborate

If a week is a long time in politics, then a fortnight is definitely a long time in the launch of a campaign.  When Ged Shields and I introduced our Blueprint for Racehorse Ownership in the... Read
Jon Hughes

by Jon Hughes

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