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www.racehorseowners.net ROA COUNCIL ELECTIONS: THE CANDIDATES DAN ABRAHAM
SALLY BETHELL
Lives: Surrey Age: 33 Director of Foxtrot Racing Management Ltd Positions held in racing: Committee member of RSACA (Racing Syndicates and Clubs Association) Years as owner: 4 Current trainers: Charlie Longsdon, Dr Richard Newland, Richard Fahey, Ralph Beckett, Olly Stevens, Gina Rarick (France) and Jonathan Ward (France) Horses currently owned: Be My Light, Paddy The Hare, Ostralegus, Foxtrot Jubilee, Foxtrot Pearl, Gold Knight, Venise du Crochet (all shares)
Lives: North Yorkshire Age: 57 Wife of trainer James Bethell. Partner – JDW & Mrs S Bethell Racehorse Training. Years as owner: 25 Current trainer: James Bethell. Horses currently owned: Fossgate, partowned Ground Ginger and Clarendon Thoroughbred Racing Horses, will include this year Pintrada, Penhill, Braidley, Starbotton, Hartlebury Horses previously owned: Part-owned Arlequin, Granston and Clarendon Thoroughbred Racing Horses, which have included Hartley, Bradbury, Markington, Starbeck, Healey, Leighton, Mickley, Fearby Cross, Crathorne, Medelai, Abstract Folly
JOHN BROWN
CHARLIE PARKER
Lives: Cumbria Age: 70 Retired. Previously: Partner – Forrester Ketley & Co, Founding Partner – Forrester & Boehmert Years as owner: 7 Current Trainer: Tom Dascombe Horses currently owned: Adorable Choice, Diapason (now retired) Horses previously owned: Drumhallagh (part-owned), Quaestor
Lives: Berkshire Age: 48 CEO Country Club Group Years as owner: 17 Current Trainers: Harry Dunlop, Nicky Henderson Horses currently owned: Roz, Spartan Angel, Dragon City, Macnamara, Havana Girl, Artwolf, Rancher Horses previously owned: Got One Too, Ifni Du Luc, Master Mac
ALEX RIDGERS
PROFESSOR DAVID SILK
Lives: Berkshire Age: 31 Head of Algorithmic Trading, GKFX Ltd Previous Positions: Head of Commodities, CMC Markets; Equity Derivatives Trader, ABN Amro Years as owner: 1 Current Trainer: Ed de Giles Horses currently owned: Jinker Noble
Racing and British Champions Series Ltd. The AGM is followed by a champagne reception and members’ and guests’ lunch. Places must be booked in advance for the delicious three-course lunch with wine.
THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER
Lives: Hertfordshire Age: 69 Professor of Clinical Nutrition, Imperial College, St Marys Hospital, London W2 Positions held in Racing: Chairman, BHA Medical Appeals Committee, Member of BHA Ethics Committee Years as owner: 25 Current trainers: Alan King, Peter Hedger Horses currently owned: Ishikawa, Afro Horses previously owned: Strong Medicine, Copeland, Carryonharry, Hever Road
Tickets are £90 per person and a table of ten is £810 (a saving of £90). Places can be booked online at racehorseowners.net or by calling the ROA office on 020 7152 0200. Entertainment after lunch will be
provided by our guest speaker, Richard Pitman, the former jumps jockey and BBC racing presenter, and now an ambassador for the charity Kidney Research UK. We hope to see you there!
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