Advertisements for the position of the vacant National Horseracing Authority CEO position have been published and will close on 12 October.
Published in the Sunday Times and other mainstream media publications, as well as a local racing website, the NHA Board have bizarrely chosen to avoid other industry publications and have puzzingly also not published the advertisement via their distribution network or on their own website.
The brief calls for a person with a high level of interest in sports administration to combine this with their professional experiences to assume a leadership role for the effective strategic functions of the beleaguered racing regulator. It is noted that the person must be capable of commanding the respect of a multimillion rand industry.
There can only be less than a handful of local genuine candidates within the SA racing and industry, and it is interesting that the search net has not been extended wider and beyond our borders with the use of more effective platforms with a reach into international jurisdictions.
The NHA Board will need to find the correct candidate with the organisation’s credibility at an all-time low.
The Asian Racing Conference will be held in Cape Town in 2020 and if the ship is not brought back on course well in advance of that event, the events of recent times could turn into a major embarassment for the sport in the long run.
A good starting point will be winning back the confidence of of the core population of the racing and breeding industry, many of whom appear to have lost confidence in the organisation.
Ken Truter – in Europe
NHA Chairman Ken Truter, who has supervised the day to day operations of the NHA since Lyndon Barends departure, has flown to Europe to attend the ARC at ParisLongchamp this weekend and was not available for comment.
Lyndon Barends- avoided sequestration
The Sporting Post has learnt reliably that former NHA CEO Lyndon Barends managed to stave off final sequestration last week through financial arrangements with his bankers.
This is a huge relief and a major plus for the former administrator, who was never entirely comfortable in the hot seat, but who now finds himself in a better position to move on with his life and commence a job search.
