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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

RACING POST TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29th 2011 BHA CHAIRMAN PAUL ROY'S BLOODHORSE ILLITERCY TAKING ITS TOLE ON BRITISH HORSERACING. ONLINE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

THE RACING POST TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29th 2011

RACING POST WEEK MONDAY NOVEMBER 28th to SUNDAY DECEMBER 4th 2011

GRAHAM GREEN "DEFIANT CHAIRMAN ROY insists he will complete term at BHA.

"BHA chairman Paul Roy said yesterday that he intends to continue in the job for the remaining 15 months of his second term of office, dismissing speculation that he is preparing to throw in the towl.

"Roy remains a controversial (Bloodhorse Illiterate) figure, with the untimely introduction of the new (Bloodhorse Illiterate) whip rules five days before Champions Day the latest miscalculations on his watch, but while suspecting that a campaign is being conducted against him, he is adamant that quitting has not crossed his mind.

"There's absolutely no truth in any rumour that I'm standing down as chairman," he said. "I've got another 15 months to serve and it is certainly my intention to see it through to the end. I believe my board and racing's stakeholders also want me to serve out my term, and I've heard absolutely nothing to the contrary."

"The idea that Roy was planning to stand down after incoming BHA chief executive Paul Bittar takes up his duties in January has gathered momentum in recent weeks, with several recent critical press articles providing further grist for the rumour mill.

"Since Roy took on the chairman's role in 2007, racing twice backed the wrong runner in the Tote sale process, while it suffered defeat over the issue of whether the heaviest exchange users should be made to pay levy.

"The fixture list has been dogged by delays for the past two years, much to the chagrin of racing charities who depend on diary and calendar sales.

"Also, the departure of BHA head of communications Paul Struthers this month was widely interpreted as the BHA finding a scapegoat for the PR disaster surrounding its handling of the whip issue.

"Roy added: "I don't know, there is some kind of orchestrated stuff going on out there, but whatever the rumours are this is the first I have heard of them."

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