The ROA has a Council of 20 members who meet once a month. ROA
Council members serve an important function on many of racing's
boards and committees including the BHB Main Board as well as the
BHB’s Race Planning, Industry and Finance committees
Any member of the ROA can put themselves forward to be elected
onto the Council. Elections are held each year as places become
vacant. A vote amongst all ROA members determines the successful
candidates. The term for Council members is four years and current
members must put themselves forward for re-election at the end of
this period if they wish to continue on the Council. The results
of these elections are announced at the Annual General Meeting of
the ROA which is held in London in June.
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Paul Dixon - President
Current and past professional positions:
Managing director, P.A. Business Systems (IT company)
Professional interests in racing:
Owner, Breeder.
ROA Council details:
Elected 2003
ROA Executive Committee 2006-to-date.
Other positions held in racing administration:
Director, Northern Racing College.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
12 years independently; shares for more than 20 years.
Best horses owned:
Milk It Mick, Ascertain, No Time, Safarando, Red Wine, Singhelese.
Current trainers:
Alan McCabe, Sue Smith, Nick Littmoden, Jamie Osborne, Richard
Hannon. In USA: Jim Cassidy, Niall O'Callaghan. |
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Rachel Hood, MA (Hons) Cantab - Vice President
Current and past professional positions:
Barrister; Attorney-at-Law (California; U.S.A. Federal Courts);
Company Director.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner. Over 20 years legal experience on racing issues. Married
to trainer John Gosden.
ROA Council details:
Co-opted 2001, Elected 2005.
ROA Executive Committee 2005-to-date.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
18 years
Best horses owned:
Head Over Heels, Deprecator, Gwaihir, Vikings Bay.
Current trainers:
John Gosden |
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Steven Astaire - Honorary Treasurer
Current and past professional positions:
Stockbroker 1971-to-date.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner, Breeder, Ex-amateur rider.
ROA Council details:
Elected 1990, 3 times re-elected.
ROA Executive Committee 1998-2000 and 2004-to-date.
Honorary Treasurer 2004-to-date.
ROA Gold Standard committee member
Other positions held in racing administration:
Chairman ROA Racecourse Facilities Group.
Former ROA Representative on Racing Development Committee.
Former ROA Representative on HAC Race Planning.
Former ROA Representative on BHB Sunday Racing Advisory Committee.
Hon. Treasurer Northern Racing College.
Former committee member of Amateur Jockeys Association.
Trustee, Emergency Relief for Thoroughbreds.
Vice-Chairman Point-to-Point Secretaries Association.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
37 years
Best horses owned:
Rufus T. Firefly, J. Cheever Loophole, Yahoo, Clown Prince,
Mighty Glow, Funchen View.
Current trainers:
Mick Quinn, Robert Stronge, Miss Tor Sturgis, Colin Tinkler. |
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Dena Arstall
Current and past professional positions:
Currently Principal Partner Pollards Bloodstock.
Previously head of Eurobond Trading and Managing Director
Credit Suisse First Boston and Vice President Lehman Brothers
Professional interests in racing:
Owner and Breeder
ROA Council details:
Elected 2005
ROA Gold Standard committee member.
ROA Executive Committee 2007-to-date
Other positions held in racing administration:
TBA member
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
22 years.
Best horses owned:
Sky Dome, Niagara, Sand And Stars
Current trainers:
Mark Tompkins |
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Ian Balding
Current and past professional positions:
Retired racehorse trainer (Kingsclere Training Stables)
Professional interests in racing:
Owner and Breeder
ROA Council details:
Elected 2006.
Other positions held in racing administration:
Currently on Flat Race Advisory Panel
Director of Salisbury Racecourse
Director of Amateur Jockeys’ Association
Previously NTF representative on Industry Committee, Race
Planning, Wage Committee.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
41 years
Best horses owned:
Boder Music, Briareus (50%), Passing Glance, Scorned.
Current trainers:
Andrew Balding |
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Toby Balding
Current and past professional positions:
Racehorse trainer (48 years).
Director Weyhill Horse Transport 1970-1988.
Director TSI (Bloodstock Agency).
Professional interests in racing:
Owner, Breeder, Training yard owner (Kimpton Down)
ROA Council details:
Elected 1995.
Other positions held in racing administration:
Chairman of NH branch of NTF 1960-2004.
President NTF 2003-2004.
Advisor to Council of NTF, Race Planning Committee.
Jockey Club member
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
53 years
Best horses owned:
Fight On, Polden Pride, Square Shooter, Starlight Gazer.
Current trainers:
Jonathan Geake |
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Peter Cundell
Current and past professional positions:
Racehorse trainer of over 450 winners.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner, Breeder, Trainer.
ROA Council details:
Elected 1993
Other positions held in racing administration:
Former President of the NTF; Former member of the BHB Race
Planning Committee, BHTB and Fixtures Allocation Group.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
30 years
Best horses owned:
Gaelic Frolic, Agent Mulder, Leigh Crofter, Kent.
Current trainers:
Peter Cundell |
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Lucinda Freedman
Current and past professional positions:
Director Cliveden Stud Ltd.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner and breeder
ROA Council details:
Elected 2007
Other positions held in racing administration:
None
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
3
Best horses owned:
Scotch Pancake, Sister Maria, Labor Day. Previously, What Budget, Cross Channel
Current trainers:
John Gosden, Ed Dunlop, Brian Meehan |
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Jeremy Gompertz
Current and past professional positions:
Barrister (in private practice)
Professional interests in racing:
Owner and breeder
ROA Council details:
Elected 2007
Other positions held in racing administration:
Member of former Security and Investigations Committee and Committee on Inside Information
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
38
Best horses owned:
(owned) Colonel Cotton, Joy for the Boys (bred) Wagtail, Uncharted Haven
Current trainers:
Barry Hills, Neville Callaghan, Ed Dunlop |
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Alan Guthrie
Current and past professional positions:
Retired; formerly -
Chief Executive, Sedgwick Limited, Hong Kong
Chief Executive, Sedgwick Employee Benefits (Consultants)
Far East Limited
Operations Director, Sedgewick Asia Pacific Limited
Chairman, Hong Kong Insurance Brokers Association
Member, Hong Kong Government’s Law Reform Commission
Professional interests in racing:
Owner
ROA Council details:
Co-opted 2003
Other positions held in racing administration:
ROA member in Hong Kong.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
28 years.
Best horses owned:
Ho Leng, Ho Coi, Ho Pang Yau, Bertie O’Toole, Shonara’s
Way, Blue Patrick (Syndicate), Shares (Dregs of Humanity Syndicate)
Current trainers:
Rhona Elliot, James Eustace, Peter Monteith, Linda Perratt. |
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Tony Hirschfeld
Current and past professional positions:
Chairman, Lodge Hotels London.
Chairman, Hirschfeld Investments
Co-Chairman Director, Warren House Conference Centre.
Chairman Colby Consulting.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner, Breeder. Owner of Cheval Park Stud.
ROA Council details:
Elected 2004
Other positions held in racing administration:
Regional representative TBA.
Trustee, Retraining of Racehorses.
ROA Representative on BHB Industry Committee.
Trustee, Emergency Relief for Thoroughbreds.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
21 years.
Best horses owned:
Liffy River, Superstar Leo, Royal Artist, Troon, Splicing,
Bonita, Clunie, Fyodor, Horoscope, Squaw Dance, Phi Phi, Teller,
Bleu Superb, Avitta, Papette, Mont Etoile, Starship.
Current trainers:
Rae Guest, Willie Haggas, Venetia Williams. |
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Stephen Molloy
Current and past professional positions:
Proprietor, SWM Technical Services
Professional interests in racing:
Owner.
ROA Council details:
Elected 2006.
Other positions held in racing administration:
Director of Northern Racing College
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
13
Best horses owned:
Travesty of Law, Tumbleweed Glen, The Reverend Bert, Heltornic,
Speedy Richard.
Current trainers:
Michael Scudamore. |
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Sir Eric Parker, F.C.A.
Current and past professional positions:
Former Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of Trafalgar
House.
Various Non-Exec. Directorships.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner, Breeder, Proprietor of Crimbourne Stud, West Sussex.
ROA Council details:
Elected 1994.
President 1998-2001.
Vice-President 1996.
ROA Executive Committee 1998-to-date
Other positions held in racing administration:
ROA Member of the Tote Shadow Trust 2000-2003.
BHB Industry Committee 1999.
BHB Board 1999 - 2004.
Horserace Betting Levy Board Feb 2000-2004.
Horserace Totalisator Board May 2002-to-date.
Director, National Stud, 2005-to-date.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
39 years
Best horses owned:
Seagram (1991 Grand National), Topsham Bay (1993 Whitbread
Gold Cup),
Moonlight Paradise, Indian Lodge (dual Group 1 winner).
Current trainers:
Nicky Henderson, Barry Hills, Ed Vaughan, Peter Chapple-Hyam. |
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Sally Rowley-Williams
Current and past professional positions:
Currently, Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry International
1994-to-date.
Previously Vice President positions at Citibank (7 years),
First Chicago (1 year) and Chemical Bank (now called JP Morgan)
- 7 years in New York and London.
Professional interests in racing:
Currently owner of one racehorses.
ROA Council details:
Elected 2004.
ROA Gold Standard committee member.
ROA Representative on Jockey Club Inside Information Group
2006-to-date.
ROA Executive Committee 2007-to-date
Other positions held in racing administration:
Jump Racing Development Group 2004-to-date.
Jump Code of Conduct Task Force.
Committee Member and Secretary, London Racing Club, 2002-2004
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
8 years as sole owner, 18 years in partnerships and syndicates
Best horses owned:
River City, Hopscotch
Current trainers:
Noel Chance |
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Professor David Silk
Current and past professional positions:
Professor, Consultant Physician, Academic Department of
Surgery St Mary's Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital,
London.
ROA Council details:
Elected 2005.
Other positions held in racing administration:
Chairman, Medical Advisory Panel, HRA.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
21 years.
Best horses owned:
Strong Medicine, Copeland, Carryonharry.
Current trainers:
David Pipe. |
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Stephen Smith
Current and past professional positions:
Retired; formerly Head of Global Strategy and Member of Executive Management Board of Seagram Spirits and Wine Group, New York.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner
ROA Council details:
Elected 2007
Other positions held in racing administration:
Chairman of Sandown Park Race Committee
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
More than 20
Best horses owned:
Harris Bay, Ramallah
Current trainer:
Henrietta Knight |
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James Stafford
Current and past professional positions:
MD of Thurloe Thoroughbred Services; previously, Raceform, Racing Journalist for The Sun, Daily Express and Press Association.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner
ROA Council details:
Elected 2007
Other positions held in racing administration:
Previously, UK representative for Hong Kong International Races.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
19
Best horses owned:
Baltic King, Burning Insense, Trimlestown and Song of Passion. Previously, Kyllachy, Geos, Diktatorial, Ruby Rocket, Prince Tramino, Shabernak, and Gracefully.
Current trainers:
R Beckett, M Bell, H Candy, R Charlton, N Gifford, R Hannon, N Henderson, M Jarvis, S Kirk, A King, P Makin, H Morrison and L Wadham. |
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Ted Voute
Current and past professional positions:
Director of Voute Sales Ltd and Voute Farm. Previously, Manager for Adstock Manor Stud, Littleton Stud, and Fair Winter Farm; racing manager for W and R Barnett Ltd.
Professional interests in racing:
Owner, breeding and bloodstock
ROA Council details:
Elected 2007
Other positions held in racing administration:
Past TBA Council member, member of TBA, member of Commercial Breeders Association USA, Code of Practice committee member, National Stud bloodstock advisor, Director of the Never Say Die Club, member Jockey Club ROOMS, Turf Club, Royal Ascot Racing Club, Thoroughbred Club of America USA.
Number of years as a racehorse owner:
13
Best horses owned:
Torgau, Cherry Hinton, Breakwater, Military Power
Current trainers:
Richard Guest, John Hills |
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