Who regulates horseracing?

The Jockey Club is a private thoroughbred breed registry that regulates the production of thoroughbred racehorses, and also creates the “rules of racing”. The Jockey Club and local race associations appoint stewards for each track who are accountable for the enforcement of rules and regulations. Within this regulated environment, experienced journeyman jockeys are “free agents” who are permitted to contract (normally through an agent) with owners and trainers to ride certain horses in specific races.

Who are the British horseracing board?

The British Horseracing Board (BHB) governs and regulates the sport. It is the British Horseracing Board’s role to ensure the sport develops successfully (Coward, 2007).The BHB is the backbone of horseracing in the UK. It runs racing, compiling fixture lists and race programmes and manages finances concerned with the industry. It has 120 employees but is indirectly responsible for 100,000 people involved in the sport. The British Horseracing Board was set up in 1993 and whilst the Jockey Club enforces the rules the BHB handles the promotion and marketing of the sport liaising with owners, sponsors and race goers.