Racing needs its leaders to last longer - so surely it's time to change the kind of person we're looking for
"She did a lot of good work behind the scenes," that's what we're told of Julie Harrington. It feels like damning with faint praise but clamorous praise is not available; there just aren't that many notable achievements for fans of the BHA's departing chief executive to point at.
Killing off the old tripartite system of decision-making definitely counts as 'A Good Thing'. Projects were too easily stymied by use of the veto. Now, progress is theoretically more easily achievable.
But no one gets a statue at Ascot for sensible rearranging of the governance structure. A BHA briefing note was circulated among reporters on Tuesday, just in case they needed reminding of Harrington's greatest hits, which made repeated use of the word "positioned".
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