BHA handling of George Gently syndicate case 'unacceptable' says ROA after dispute passes 2,000 days

The Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) has branded the BHA’s handling of a dispute between the owners of George Gently and trainer Dan Skelton as “unacceptable” after 2,000 days recently passed since the complaint was first lodged.

Charlie Parker, the ROA president and a BHA board member, said that the period of time the BHA investigation had taken was “ridiculous” and that he had raised the issue of the delay with British racing’s governing body once again last week.

Last Saturday marked 2,000 days since a formal complaint was made against Skelton in relation to the private sale of George Gently to a syndicate of owners headed by retired insurance underwriting director Tony Holt.