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It looks like Dido Harding is soon to become Senior Steward of the Jockey Club.
Another person in public life who fails in one post before moving on to another.
She is already talking of reaching out I expect the next move will be step changes.
The more I know the less I understand.
Dido Harding
Sounds like a new Ann Summers rangeGaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026
I’ve still got the letter of apology I received when she messed up at TalkTalk. And she went onto even greater things than that!
How do these people get appointed it certainly isn’t track record it is clearly who you know.
The more I know the less I understand.
Harding is someone who has a long record of taking an interest in racing and has made significant personal investment in it to boot. She is also clearly very well-connected, and racing needs all the allies it can get amongst influential Establishment figures. Having a first female senior steward would also seem to be something that should be celebrated.
Against this background, I don’t enjoy criticising someone who appears to be a genuine supporter of the sport. However, the debacles of the massive TalkTalk data breach and the Test and Trace programme both occurred under Harding’s leadership, and it is very difficult to understand what she has achieved that merits her endless stream of senior appointments.
I would be interested to know what the recruitment process for being senior steward involved.
I don’t think anyone questions Harding’s commitment and knowledge (and certainly not her connections) but nobody outside racing is interested in that. The general public (including most racing fans) associate her with mismanagement (and arguably theft of taxpayers’ £37 billion). Very hard to see why a sport supposedly trying to convince people of its integrity would make such an appointment, unless those in charge were either totally out of touch or determined to destroy British racing forever.
Agree with everything you’ve said there Tonge.
I’m a little saddened to find myself in the position of feeling it is necessary to criticise the appointment of someone who appears to be a sincere ally of the sport. However, there is good reason to criticise both Harding and those who have appointed her to the new role. I believe that voicing this is the right thing to do, not that it will make any difference obviously!
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What an inspiring brains trust there.
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