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It’s been an incredibly sad year with the passing of so many top Owners, but in light of Cloth Cap’s stunning 2020 Ladbrokes Trophy win and Vintage Cloud’s stunning Cheltenham victory – Trevor Hemmings has been voted our Owner of the Year
#ROAAwards
We would like to send our best wishes to ROA Ambassador Richard Johnson, who has announced his immediate retirement today. His professionalism, hard work and dedication is a credit to the sport and himself. We wish him well.
What a story in the first race at
#RoyalAscot
. Arthur Kitt lost his mum Ceiling Kitty as a foal. Congratulations to all at owner/ breeders
@ChasemoreFarm
who nursed him to health - shown here with his foster mum
Our final award of the evening is the ROA Horse of the Year accolade which goes once again to ENABLE! Congratulations to Khalid Abdullah and
@JuddmonteFarms
#ROAAwards
Richard Johnson reflects on the great successes today of Tiger Roll and Put the Kettle On, and once again conveys our thanks to Owners for their invaluable contribution to racing
@TheJockeyClub
@dickyjohnson77
@CheltenhamRaces
With so many good females this year, this was a hot contest, but your Large Independent Racecourses Outstanding Filly or Mare this year is - ALPINISTA
#ROAawards2022
@Luke_Morris88
@Lanwades
Best wishes to retiring trainer James Eustace, who saddles his final runner at Lingfield this afternoon. James has brought so many new owners to racing via his Blue Peter Syndicates over the years. We wish him all the best – and good luck to son Harry who takes the reins shortly.
Happy retirement to our 2016 Special Achievement award winner Mrs Danvers. Never before or since has one of our Award winners been so proud of their trophy!
#thisfillycan
#thisfillydid
Our thanks to Fleming Accountancy Services for sponsoring the two Special Achievement Awards.
The National Hunt Special Achievement Award goes to FRODON! John Fleming presents the award to
@Harry05Derham
on behalf of owner PJ Vogt
#ROAAwards
The Arc heroine is also our Large Independent Racecourses Outstanding Middle Distance horse – congratulations to ALPINISTA and Kirsten Rausing
#ROAawards2022
@Luke_Morris88
@Lanwades
“I am incredibly grateful to you, as Owners, for your continued commitment and support for your horses and to your trainers.”
Read more of the ROA thank you to Owners here:
It was a hot competition! But CHIPOTLE has been voted the
@ownerbreeder
Special Achievement winner for the Flat campaign after his wonderful wins in the Windsor Castle, Two-Year-Old Trophy and Brocklesbury. Congratulations to the Woodway 20!
#ROAAwards
@johnsonhoughton
The final category of the night, prior to the awarding of the Employee of the Year, is The Community Award (In recognition of the wonderful work Rory MacDonald achieved at
@BRSNewmarket
)
And the winner is
@GayKelleway
Compare and contrast. ROA members saw at first hand during their Grand National course walk how the fence modifications have made the race a much safer proposition. Red Rum takes Bechers in the seventies and the same fence now
@AintreeRaces
We come to the main awards of the evening now, and first up is the
@TheJockeyClub
Owner of the Year. It’s been a spectacular year with top level successes with ALPINISTA and SANDRINE – congratulations to KIRSTEN RAUSING
#ROAawards2022
@Luke_Morris88
@Lanwades
Tough and gutsy win for the evergreen 14yo Pete The Feat. Has he booked his place on the ROA Special Achievement Award shortlist this year? We think so!
Racing Breaks Outstanding Chaser 2017 goes to MANY CLOUDS. A much-missed horse who always gave all. Trevor Hemmings is present to receive this poignant award
#ROAAwards
#ManyClouds
You know you are a dedicated Owner... when you go racing in mid-Jan to see your horse run at odds of 100-1! Take a bow Dame Judi, who's horse Ttmab has just run creditably at
@LingfieldPark
(picture not today - unless
@Catters61
is
#hardcore
)
Racehorse owners will be able to start attending race meetings behind closed doors from Saturday 4 July in a safe and risk-managed way. Test meetings will be held at Kempton and Southwell on Wednesday. Find out more here:
Meet syndicate member Tom. He's part of Cheltenham Festival winner
#PentlandHills
success. Hear Tom speaking to
@nickluck
in full here What will your ownership story be?
Outstanding Middle Distance horse goes to wonder mare ENABLE! Lord Grimthorpe picks up the award on behalf of Khalid Abdullah
@JuddmonteFarms
#ROAAwards
Heartfelt condolences to team Kachy,
@jdavelowe
@TomDascombe
@RKingscote
He was a wonderful horse and lit up the sprinting division over the past few years. 💚🖤💚
What a year it has been for syndicates – and in particular
@MprUpdates
. They now taste further success as THE PLATINUM QUEEN takes the Large Independent Racecourses Outstanding Juvenile Award
#ROAawards2022
@MiddlehamPark
@tpalin
A group of rugby-loving owners have pledged all prize-money won by their new horse to the fund created by former Scotland international Doddie Weir for research into Motor Neurone Disease.
ROA Owner of the Day is Les Fell, owner of Champion Hurdle fancy Silver Streak “He’s very much his own man. He does his work and likes his routine. He’s a trainer's dream. If he was a person he’d be a workaholic!” Best of luck today Les!
#OwnerOfTheDay
Picture of the day: not a dry eye in the marquee when Paisley Park won the Stayers Hurdle for Andrew Gemmell. Wonderful result and congratulations to all connections
#CheltenhamFestival2019
Lady B loves her plaque to commemorate her victory in the Outstanding NH Mare category at the 2019
@RacehorseOwners
Awards. Thank you to ROA for this kind gesture and again to everyone who voted for her!
#Queen
#ThePeoplesFavourite
💜
Good luck to ROA Board member Gay Kelleway who is nominated for the Community Award at the
@Godolphin
Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards for her work with horses rescued from the war in Ukraine.
Wishing all the finalists the best of luck this evening.
#ThoroughbredAwardsUK
After a great first day of the
@CheltenhamRaces
festival,
@dickyjohnson77
reflects on our Owner of the Day Les Fell, and passes on our thanks all Owners for their support during the past few months.
@TheJockeyClub
PICTURE OF THE DAY: Brendan Powell Jnr celebrates The Conditional's Ultima win by throwing owner Peter Cave's hat in the air. We just want to know... did he get it back?!🎩
📸Focus On Racing
After a great first day of the
@CheltenhamRaces
festival,
@dickyjohnson77
reflects on our Owner of the Day Les Fell, and passes on our thanks to all Owners for their support during the past few months.
@TheJockeyClub
To help owners whilst they cannot get onto the racecourse at the moment, we have partnered with
@RacingTV
to bring ROA Members free day passes which can be used on days when they have a runner. More info here:
Today’s Owner of the day is
@ValueRacingClub
who have Leoncavallo in the Martin Pipe. Manager James Couldwell says “He means an awful lot to a lot of people and he’s given us some great days out." Let’s hope he does the team proud!
Whilst at a racecourse visit to
@HexhamRaces
today we met Richard Powell, an owner and breeder for over 30 years and celebrating his first ever winner with Rollerruler who held on to win the Douglas Kennedy Legend Chase. Congratulations to him!
We move onto the main awards of the evening and
@jdavelowe
's popular KACHY takes home the Outstanding All-Weather Horse prize! Thanks to ARC for sponsoring this award
#ROAAwards