Racehorse Owners Association

The Racehorse Owners' Association is a British horse racing organisation representing thoroughbred racehorse owners.

The association was founded in 1945 by Sir Malcolm McAlpine,^[1] the third son of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet. The organisation now has more than 7,250 members and was a founder member of the Horsemen’s Group, which represents owners, trainers, jockeys, breeders and stable staff.^[2] The ROA's current president is Rachel Hood, wife of racehorse trainer John Gosden.^[3]

References

↑ "A Brief History of the ROA › The McAlpine years". www.racehorseowners.net. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
↑ "About the ROA". www.racehorseowners.net. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
↑ "Rachel Hood elected mayor of Newmarket". Racing Post. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

Horseracing in Great Britain

Venues

National Hunt	Aintree Bangor-on-Dee Cartmel Cheltenham Exeter Fakenham Fontwell Park Hexham Huntingdon Kelso Ludlow Market Rasen Newton Abbot Perth Plumpton Sedgefield Stratford-on-Avon Taunton Towcester Uttoxeter Warwick Wincanton Worcester

Flat	Bath Beverley Brighton Chelmsford City Chester Epsom Downs Goodwood Great Yarmouth Hamilton Park Newmarket Nottingham Pontefract Redcar Ripon Salisbury Thirsk Windsor Wolverhampton York

Mixed	Ascot Ayr Carlisle Catterick Bridge Chepstow Doncaster Ffos Las Haydock Park Kempton Park Leicester Lingfield Park Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Sandown Park Southwell Wetherby

Former	Folkestone (Temporarily shut from end 2012) Hereford (Closed end 2012, due to reopen 2016)

Named races

Regulation

British Horseracing Authority

Other bodies

Course owners

Arena Racing Company (15) (Merger of Arena Leisure and Northern Racing by Reuben Brothers)
Jockey Club Racecourses (14)

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