Richard Barber funeral to be held at Seaborough on June 24

The funeral of Richard Barber will be held at Seaborough Church, Dorset, on Monday, June 24 at 2.30pm.

The trainer, who died this month at the age of 77, won the Foxhunter at the Cheltenham Festival four times and was a leading racing and point-to-point figure in the West Country.

His brother Paul Barber is the landlord of 11-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls at Ditcheat.

Trevor Jones funeral

The funeral of Trevor Jones will be held at Eastbourne Crematorium on Thursday, June 27 at 3.15pm.

Jones, who died this month aged 72, was one of racing's best-known and respected photographers and had covered the sport across the world prior to his retirement in 2015.

The funeral will be followed by a celebration of his life at the Hydro Hotel, Mount Road, Eastbourne.

Trainers' costs from 2019 equine flu outbreak covered by Levy Board

Trainers required to submit samples for analysis in the equine influenza outbreak in February have had their costs reimbursed in full by the Levy Board.

Eligible claims included for the sampling kits, vets’ call out fees where incurred, charges for transporting the samples to the Animal Health Trust and other necessary costs. The total amounts to around £115,000, covering a total of 135 trainers.

Levy Board chief executive Alan Delmonte said: “HBLB gave a commitment to make a contribution towards the costs incurred by the specific trainers required to submit samples by the BHA in these unusual and difficult circumstances.

"Having budgeted around £100,000 for this unexpected call on resources, we are pleased to have been able to meet the full costs involved, having now concluded the verification processes.

“We have estimated the six-day suspension of the racing programme led to levy yield falling by around £1.5m, but the swift action taken by BHA and others to contain and deal with the outbreak prevented the impact on the sport being more severe."

Timmy Jones funeral to be held on Monday in Middleham

The private funeral of Timmy Jones, the student and promising rider who died suddenly at the age of 17 last month, will be held in Middleham on Monday.

He will buried at East Witton and as a mark of respect Micky Hammond, for whom Jones had ridden out since he was 13, has no entries that day.

A memorial service will be held in the future and a Just Giving page has been set up in the name ‘Remembering Tim’ supporting mental health awareness in racing.

Grey Britain put down after gallops injury

John Ryan's classy performer Grey Britain has has to be put down after suffering an injury on the Newmarket gallops on Monday.

The 104-rated grey won five races including two at Newmarket's Rowley Mile track for which the most prestigious was the Listed Fairway Stakes in 2017. A year later, Grey Britain returned to land a valuable 1m4f handicap at the track at the Guineas festival.

Helping racegoers who need assistance

Ascot will introduce hidden disability sunflower lanyards at the royal meeting next week to allow representatives to identify racegoers who may need assistance.

Following the successful introduction of the concept at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, Joanna Wales, head of operations at Ascot, said: "There has been a real drive to include those with all manner of hidden disabilities at the races of late, whether relating to social anxieties, phobias, depression, dementia or autism. This list isn't exhaustive by any means.

"Looking after all our visitors and doing whatever we can do to assist is high on our agenda at Ascot. We have produced an Accessibility Map & Guide and are reproducing Royal Ascot racecards in large format for those who are visually impaired."

Those attending the royal meeting can register in advance for a lanyard by visiting: . They can also be collected at any entrance or on the mobility transport.

George Boughey to join Newmarket training roster next month

Hugo Palmer's assistant George Boughey, who has been understudy at Kremlin Cottage Stables for the past six years, will start training in Newmarket next month. The 27-year-old is to take a barn at Red House Stables, which is owned by Jon Scargill.

Boughey said: "I've hugely enjoyed my time with Hugo but I feel now is the time to take the plunge myself. I'm taking 16 boxes at Red House Stables from July 1 with the option of a further 16 in the future.

"I have a handful of horses to start off with but intend to be active at the Tattersalls July Sales next month to get a few more in and get going. It's a bit daunting but I feel I'm up for it and I know all about training on Racecourse Side as I ran Hugo's Yellowstone Park yard over there for two years."

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