The four regional winners for the Lifetime in Racing Awards were announced by on Friday. Open to those who have devoted more than 30 years of their working lives to the British horseracing or Thoroughbred breeding industries, they are organised by Racing Welfare. The winners are as follows:
- North–Brian Paul, long-time OB unit manager at RaceTech, and York racecourse booking supervisor Karen Dunbar highly commended.
- South–Geoff Rigby, former apprentice and now groom/ stable staff at Park House Stables.
- East–Cliff Lines, now retired but formerly head person, racing groom and trainer, with former rider, head person and trainer Les Simpson highly commended.
- West–Andrew Malam, Head Groundsman at Bangor-On-Dee racecourse
Racing Welfare Chief Executive Dawn Goodfellow said, “Once again, I'm heartened to see so many deserving nominations from across the racing industry. It's always such a pleasure to read the stories, and these awards give us the opportunity to shine a light on some of British horseracing's longest standing staff members who have contributed so much to the sport. Congratulations to the winners and indeed all those who were nominated. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to put someone forward, and of course to the racecourses for so generously offering a VIP day to celebrate each of our winners.”
For more information on the awards, please visit Racing Welfare's website.
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