It is with great sadness that we must inform you that Chris Hudson is critically ill in hospital where he will leave shortly and begin to receive palliative care.
Chris has been an on-course bookmaker for most of his life, there will be very few of you who have not met him on the racecourse, carrying on his Grandfather's name, George Yates.
Chris has been a stalwart of racecourse politics for decades, notably as the past BRBA Chairman and one of the founder directors of the current United Council of Racecourse Bookmakers. Chris forged close connections with racecourse owners, managers, Gambling Commission officials, point-to-point masters of the hunts and local authority representatives, the list does go on as he made it his business to make these connections in order to help everyone in the on-course industry.
We wish his wife , Liz and family, our best wishes and I'm sure you will all want to reach out and offer your support at this difficult time.
Yours sincerely
UCORB Directors