Acham new Arima Race Club boss

New man at the helm is Peter Acham who defeated the incumbent Linford Carrabon 29-24 at the club’s annual general meeting held at the Santa Rosa Park racing facility yesterday.

Acham takes over from Carrabon to initially serve a two-year term.

Multi-time champion trainer John O’Brien was elected unopposed to the position of 2nd vice-president.

Ex-ARC president Hugh Lee King was one of three members of the management committee elected.

There were two other new faces elected to the management.

Outspoken radio and television commentator and newspaper columnist Andre Errol Baptiste, part of the Errol Stables is one of the newboys in the management committee.

The other new member is prolific champion owner Shivam Maharaj..

The trio replaces Tansley Thompson, Winston Govia, a stipendary steward, and long serving member Charles James