TBA Forum
The special section for TBA members
TBA board elections Find out about the views and interests of the five candidates hoping to secure your vote and one of the two places that are available on the TBA board. The successful candidates will be announced at the TBA AGM on November 22. David Brocklehurst
Career/profession After a lifelong career in the City as a chartered surveyor and insurer in regulated industries, I am experienced in navigating corporate conduct and regulatory requirements (ESG), which may prove relevant should breeders need to prepare for regulation. Breeding/racing interests I was brought up on a family farm in Cheshire breeding NH horses and have assisted my wife in running Charlock Stud in Northamptonshire for over 20 years. We breed our own stock, mainly for Flat racing, as well as having outside boarders and consign yearlings and foals at the sales. Profile My main aim in seeking election to the board is to try to improve the lot of smaller breeders. Initiatives would include: • Greater emphasis on horse and staff welfare including the retraining of racehorses; • Consideration of AI as an alternative option for covering to ensure the continuation of coverings should the movement of horses be restricted through the outbreak of horse and/or human diseases; • Making sure smaller breeders in the UK are not further disadvantaged post Brexit compared with other jurisdictions; • Ensuring that breeders enjoy greater government support including a fair redistribution of profits made from gambling; • Action to ensure breeders are included within the ELM scheme given the ending of farm subsidies and payments from the RPA; • Resurrecting the Animal Health Trust
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in some form; • Greater e-communication with and feedback from the TBA membership. As breeders we are all well aware how difficult times are and it would be no exaggeration to say that we are facing something of a crisis – and crises require change. If elected I would try my best to bring about changes needed to restore the health of smaller breeders and so stand as a candidate for change.
Colin Bryce
Career/profession My business background is in oil and financial services, including 33 years with Morgan Stanley, where I was Head of Sales and Trading in EMEA, and Chairman of Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited. I am also a founding partner of the consultancy, Energex Partners. Breeding/racing interests We are small breeders attempting to be commercial and currently have seven Flat-bred mares. The best Laundry Cottage Stud Farm bred horse to date is Wootton Bassett, currently a successful stallion. In most years I have horses in training in different parts of the country. I currently also run a charity syndicate (London Scots for Doddie) where we direct all prize-money won by our horse – trained by Lucinda Russell – to Doddie Weir’s Motor Neurone Disease charity. Profile My wife, Melba, and I own Laundry Cottage Stud Farm. My interests in standing for election to the board are in the areas of education (we take up to six students at LCSF on paid work experience each year), small breeder economics (animal husbandry is a labour of love but also needs to pay
the bills) and regulation (given my experience in the City).
William Jackson-Stops
Career/profession I am a 31-yearold bloodstock consultant, racing manager, breeder and owner. I started my career as a stud hand at Hascombe and Valiant Studs in Newmarket. This was followed by multiple years as an assistant trainer, starting with Royal Ascot-winning trainer Olly Stevens, then multiple Classic-winning trainer Ralph Beckett, and finally Godolphin in Australia. On returning from Australia in 2017 I started my own bloodstock consultancy. Breeding/racing interests I own horses in training with Tom Clover, George Scott and David Menuisier. I also own mares, yearlings and foals, all for commercial purposes. I manage the breeding and racing interests of various international clients, as well as manage a stallion in Ireland called Kuroshio who has covered 250 mares in his first two seasons at stud. Profile I am fortunate enough to be able to see the coal face of the industry on a daily basis, from booking nominations, breeding and selling my own stock, to attending nearly every UK thoroughbred sale and buying various different horses from foals to stallions. I get to witness and take part in a large area of the industry. As a bloodstock consultant I travel annually to Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and other countries, which gives me a good insight on our industry from an outside perspective. I’m passionate about our breeding and racing in the UK. I believe we have the best product in the world to
