Entries are now open for the York Juvenile Races. Please contact Craig Stevenson to enter. York Graduate Entry Form York 2YO Championship Entry Form York 3YO Championship Entry Form

Sustaining Fees for the BHRC Sire Stakes are due on or by the 1st of February via the BHRC Online Entry System. Eligible Lists:

This year sees the exciting return of harness racing to Musselburgh on Saturday, June 14th, a meeting with a long history, fine tradition and cherished by harness racing enthusiasts throughout Great Britain and Ireland. A BHRC led committee is staging this event, which includes the Group 1 Famous Musselburgh Pace. Whilst the committee is being led by the BHRC the money to run this meeting is being raised through external sponsorship and not through licence fees. To make the meeting possible and a success, the sport needs everyone to come together in support and this includes sponsorship. SPONSORSHIP This event will only happen with the backing of sponsors, so at this time we are seeking Sponsorship. Sponsorship packages will be offered and we now invite any interested parties to please contact our sponsorship team as soon as possible. Your support matters and is appreciated, without which, this meeting and other meetings will not materialise. Sponsorship contacts - Hayley Cassells bhrc.office@yahoo.co.uk Tel 07834 539 292; Julie Park

We have moved the start time of the members meeting to 6:45PM as the solicitor that has produced the updated version of the constitution has generously agreed to join us to answer any questions from licence holders. If anyone has questions they would to submit for him to answer please send these to the office via bhrc.office@yahoo.co.uk no later than Tuesday 21st January 2025. Unfortunately we will only have a 20 minute slot with the solicitor so questions will taken on a first come first served basis.

Entries are now open through the BHRC online entry system for the Vincent Delaney Memorial stakes races. Terms & Conditions 2025

The following documents contains all proposed rule changes ahead of the 2025 rule book. Any feedback from members should be submitted to the BHRC office on or before Friday 24th January 2024 for consideration. Proposed Rule Book Changes Post Season 2024

The next BHRC Members meeting is set to be held on Thursday 23rd January at 7:30PM via Zoom. Can any member wishing to attend the meeting please request the zoom code from the office no later than 4pm Thursday 23rd January via email to bhrc.office@yahoo.co.uk To submit an item for any other business please contact the office via bhrc.office@yahoo.co.uk no later than Wednesday 22nd of January.

The next BHRC Members Meeting is set to be held on Thursday 23th January 2025 at 7:30PM. If any member has any items they would like added to the agenda please send these via email to the BHRC office no later than 5PM Tuesday 7th January.

The BHRC office will be close for the holidays from 5pm Friday 20th December and will re-open on Monday 6th January.

With regard to the recent request for an EGM to allow members to vote on Brett Lloyd as a possible chairperson for the BHRC the Directors would like to make the following statement: The Constitution of the BHRC was written and accepted by Companies house in 1987, and has been changed only once, in 2021, to facilitate the one person one vote issue. The history of this document can be checked on the Companies House website so any suggestions that it has been doctored in order to void a vote are completely without foundation. Following the receipt of signatures in favour of an EGM, Hayley in the office did what has been done for previous applicants for roles as Directors and sent out a declaration form to Mr Lloyd, as well as doing our own checks on various government sites. All applicants are asked whether they have either been declared bankrupt, made insolvent or liquidated. Mr Lloyd stated that he did not. On checking, it appears that Mr Lloyd has a current individual voluntary agreement, which was put in place this summer so is still current. Our constitution , section 34A rules out a Director as follows: If they are currently bankrupt, or if they "make any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally" This is what a voluntary agreement is and would therefore mean, if Mr Lloyd were currently a Director, that he would have to stand down immediately. If the debt was paid off immediately the agreement is current for up to another 3 months. We have consulted our solicitor to confirm our interpretation. An EGM was requested to vote on the single agenda item - his application for the post of Chairman. As Mr Lloyd is not eligible for the position, for reasons already outlined above there will be no EGM on this matter. Should members have further queries they can email them in to the office. BHRC Directors

We have recently received an application for the vacant chairman's post. Whilst carrying out standard due diligence checks on the candidate we have found that they are ineligible under section 34A of the BHRC constitution.