The National Horseracing Authority’s (NHA) chairman Ken Truter has called an urgent committee meeting for next week to discuss the position of CEO after the resignation this week of Lyndon Barends.

The latter had been CEO since March 2016 but he and his wife were provisionally sequestrated recently after a high court hearing and he had taken a leave of absence before resigning.

Meanwhile, there will be an announcement made shortly about any changes in the NHA’s handicapping staff as chief handicapper Roger Smith will be departing with his wife at the end of this month to take up new respective career opportunities in Jersey.

By David Thiselton