DOI: 10.1002/vetr.5348 ISSN: 0042-4900
The Horserace Betting Levy Board codes of practice: past and present
Sidney Ricketts, James Crabtree, Richard NewtonAbstract
The 2025 horse breeding season sees the release of the 49th consecutive edition of the Horserace Betting Levy Board Codes of Practice for the prevention and control of specified infectious diseases. In this article, Sidney Ricketts, James Crabtree and Richard Newton describe how the first edition of the codes came about in 1977 and their evolution over the past five decades.