Sandy Dudgeon
Steward
Sandy Dudgeon was elected to The Jockey Club in 1989 and appointed a Steward in January 2009.
A chartered accountant by profession, Sandy is a Director, Private Wealth Management, at Cazenove Capital Management Limited.
He has served on The Jockey Club’s Finance Committee and Members Committee and sits on the Finance Review Committee.
He has acted as a racecourse steward at Aintree, Ayr, Hamilton
and Perth. As an amateur rider he rode 60 winners under rules and
point-to-pointing.
Julia Budd
Steward
Julia Budd was elected to The Jockey Club in 2008 and appointed a Steward in January 2012.
She is a founding partner of The Zygos Partnership, the
international search firm and a non-executive director Sandown Park
Racecourse, a Trustee of the British Horseracing Education and
Standards Trust (BHEST) and a racecourse steward at Epsom Downs, Kempton
Park and Windsor.
Previously Julia was with executive search firm Egon Zehnder
International, where she ran the Board Practice, focusing on Chairman
and non-executive director appointments. She has also been a Senior
Consultant at Bain and Company and a non-executive director of Wilson
Connolly plc until its agreed takeover by Taylor Woodrow.
Julia has been a member of racing syndicate Highclere since it
started, with stakes in horses in training with William Haggas, Michael
Bell, Andrew Balding and Richard Hannon. She is a member of the Thurloe
jumps syndicates, with horses in training with Philip Hobbs and Alan
King. She also joint-owns Mont Present with Simon Sherwood.
Sir Ian Good
Deputy Senior Steward
Sir Ian Good was elected to The Jockey Club in 2005 and was appointed a Steward in 2007.
He is Chairman of Scotland’s largest private company, The
Edrington Group, which produces a number of Scotch whisky brands
including The Famous Grouse, The Macallan and Highland Park. He was
awarded a knighthood in the 2008 New Year Honours List.
Sir Ian is Chairman of Hamilton Park Racecourse and also
Chairman of Scottish Racing, the group established to promote
horseracing in Scotland.
An owner since 1987, primarily with Mary Reveley, he currently has two horses in training with Keith Reveley.
Nicholas Wrigley
Senior Steward
Nicholas Wrigley was elected to The Jockey Club in 1994
and appointed a Steward in January 2006. He succeeded Julian
Richmond-Watson in the role of Senior Steward in July 2009.
Nicholas is Executive Vice Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited and Group Chairman of Persimmon plc.
He is also Chairman of the York Race Committee and a former
Director of Pontefract Park Race Company. He has also acted as a
Racecourse Steward at both York and Pontefract and he previously served
on British racing’s Disciplinary Panel from 2002 to 2004.
Andrew Merriam
Steward
Andrew Merriam was elected to The Jockey Club in 1997. He is
Chairman of Jockey Club Estates and was appointed a Steward, for the
second time, in 2008.
Andrew is Chairman of the British Horseracing Authority’s
Stewarding and Disciplinary Policy Committee, having previously been
Chairman of its Disciplinary Panel and Regulatory Committee. He has
acted as a racecourse steward at Newmarket, Fakenham, Southwell and
Yarmouth.
Andrew owns and breeds National Hunt horses to race under rules and in point-to-points.
Andrew is Chairman of his family company, a West Country-based
building supplies business, and a director of a number of other
companies, including Fakenham Racecourse.
Nicholas Jones
Steward
Nicholas Jones was appointed a Member of The Jockey Club in 2007 and became a Steward in January 2011.
Nicholas recently retired as Vice-Chairman of investment bank, Lazard.
He was Chairman of The National Stud from 1991 to 2000,
Deputy Chairman and senior independent director of Ladbrokes plc,
independent director of Candover Investments plc, and an independent
director of Newbury Racecourse plc.
At his Coln Valley Stud in Gloucestershire, Nicholas
currently has eight broodmares. He also has several horses in training;
his most notable have included Silk Petal, Star Tulip, Scarlet Runner
and Ringaroses.
The Duke of Roxburghe
Steward
The Duke of Roxburghe was elected to The Jockey Club in 1996. He was appointed a Steward in January 2007.
He was previously Chairman of the British Horseracing
Authority’s Disciplinary Panel and was previously a racecourse steward
at Kelso, Ascot and Newcastle. He has been a non-executive Director of
Kelso Races Limited since 1977.
The owner of Floors Stud, he has owned and bred racehorses for
thirty years, and is the owner breeder of Attraction, the winner of
five Group 1 races. Presently, he has horses in training with John
Gosden, Michael Bell, Roger Charlton and Luca Cumani.
The Duke is involved in the day-to-day running of Roxburghe
Estates and has been a Director of numerous private companies including
Majestic Wines and Townhouse Hotels.