A new role of raceday integrity officers is being proposed as part of a shake-up by the British Horseracing Authority.

Betfair have signed a commercial agreement with the organisers of British racing, promising at least £40million worth of funding over the next five years.

Ruby Walsh, twice a winner of the Grand National but forced to miss last Saturday’s race for the second time in three years following a fall from Zarkandar in the Aintree Hurdle earlier on the card, feels the changes to the great race have gone far enough already.

British Horseracing Authority chief executive Paul Bittar has spoken of his belief that changes implemented since last year’s Grand National need time to be judged.

Senior jockeys in action at Exeter gave a cautious nod of approval to the British Horseracing Authority’s latest set of amendments to the whip rules.

The British Horseracing Authority’s latest revisions to the whip rules will be introduced today.

The latest revisions to the whip rules will be introduced on Tuesday, the British Horseracing Authority said in a statement today.

Further revisions to the rules regarding the use of the whip are due to come into force next week.

British Horseracing Authority (BHA) officials have stressed they “greatly value” their relationship with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in the wake of the latest changes to the controversial whip rules.

Yesterday’s decision by the British Horseracing Authority to make changes to the whip rules has drawn an unimpressed reaction from the RSPCA.

Sweeping changes to the controversial whip rules are set to come into effect before the Cheltenham Festival.

Sweeping changes to the controversial whip rules are set to come into effect before the Cheltenham Festival.

Paul Bittar, the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) new chief executive, will today outline plans to defuse the whip rule controversy before the Cheltenham Festival.

Ruby Walsh believes today’s young jockeys lack the toughness of their predecessors.

British Horseracing Authority chief executive Paul Bittar remains hopeful of a "sensible resolution" being found to the controversial whip rules before the Cheltenham Festival.

Newly-appointed Professional Jockeys Association chief executive Paul Struthers is looking forward to bringing his own ideas to the table as a resolution to the controversial whip rules is sought.

REPRESENTATIVES of the weighing room and the training ranks met with British Horseracing Authority officials, including the incoming chief executive Paul Bittar, in London yesterday to discuss the controversial whip rules.

Representatives of the weighing room and the training ranks met with British Horseracing Authority officials, including the incoming chief executive Paul Bittar, in London on Friday to discuss the controversial whip rules.