#BettingPeople: JULIE HARRINGTON

#BettingPeople: JULIE HARRINGTON: Julie Harrington is the BHA’s Chief Executive. A former member of the BHA Board, she was a senior executive with Northern Racing for 8 years, including a spell as Managing Director of Uttoxeter and has also held senior roles in two other sports – as the Operations Director for the FA she was responsible for Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park, the FA training facility, and she was Chief Executive of British Cycling.

William Kedjanyi met her at the BHA’s headquarters to discuss the big issues in the sport, including a controversial decision to abandon the BHA’s own proposals to cut fixtures from 2023 programme, rapidly deceasing field sizes, and more. Meeting Julie Harrington, with William Kedjanyi.

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JULIE HARRINGTON (part 1 of 3)

In Part 1, William asked Julie for her reaction to the decision to shelve the organisation’s own proposals to take 300 races out of the 2023 programme for “the greater good”, and how the BHA can tackle some of the sport’s big issues, including an exodus of flat horses leaving the UK, complaints about prizemoney, how the cost of living crisis will affect racing and the Raceday experience in the UK.

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JULIE HARRINGTON (part 2 of 3)

In Part 2, Julie talks about how to get more young people into racing, how to tackle small fields, and the upcoming gambling review.

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JULIE HARRINGTON (part 3 of 3)

In Part 3, Julie tells us about how she got into racing, her time at other sporting bodies including the FA and British Cycling, what racing could learn from other sports, which international bodies set a good example for British Racing to follow.

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JULIE HARRINGTON #BettingPeople PODCAST