Vote for change - ROA election gives owners a big chance to shape the agenda

Politics have never really been my thing, but today I am appealing directly to members of the Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) to make their votes count before next month’s AGM and reject the candidates nominated to join the board for the coming year.

There are very few chances for the bulk of us involved in racing to have a chance to exert some actual influence over what can happen at a decision-making level. So, at a time when leadership across the spectrum has patently failed, there is the opportunity to act and make it manifestly clear the concerns we have for racing are something we want sorted. Right now.

ROA members will vote on five resolutions, the key ones being the nominations of Charlie Parker and Alan Spence as president and vice-president respectively, and the co-option of four appointed directors to the board, headed by chief executive Charlie Liverton – the others being Khalid Almudhaf, Ken McGarrity and Chris Wright.