Jim McGrath (British commentator)
- Jim McGrath (British commentator)
::"For other people with the same name, see James McGrath (disambiguation)"Jim McGrath is an English based horse racing commentator, and Managing Director of Timeform
McGrath had an ambition to become a jockey, but after a summer at trainer Bill Marshall's yard at Whitsbury, he was advised that he wouldn't make the grade. On leaving Brunts School in Mansfield, [ [http://www.channel4.com/sport/microsites/R/racing_c4/present.html Presenters] , Channel 4 Television, accessed 20 August 2008] McGrath joined publisher Timeform in 1974 "putting the glue on cards." After five years, he became a racecourse reporter, and in 2000 Managing Director.[citeweb|url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horseracing/story/0,,1724261,00.html|title=Timeform chief McGrath happy to take on new rivals|publisher=The Guardian|date=March 6, 2006|accessdate=2008-04-05] ]McGrath joined Channel 4 Racing at launch in 1981 as a pundit. He was a member of the British Horseracing Board’s Jump Racing Advisory Panel from 1993 until mid-2004. In 2004 he stepped down a member of the Horserace Writers and Photographers’ Association Committee. In 2005 he became an independent director of the British Horseracing Board, a nominee of the Jockey Club. [citeweb|url=http://www.thehra.org.uk/doc.php?id=28596|title=Jockey Club Appoint Jim Mcgrath to BHB Board|publisher=Jockey Club|date=9 December 2004|accessdate=2008-04-24] and retained this position when the BHB became the British Horseracing Authority in July 2007.
McGrath is a breeder and owner, with current interests in horses in training with Sylvester Kirk, Jamie Osborne and Jonjo O’Neill. [citeweb|url=http://www.britishhorseracing.com/inside_horseracing/about/directors.asp|title=BHA Directors|publisher=British Horseracing Authority|accessdate=2008-04-05]
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* [http://www.britishhorseracing.com/inside_horseracing/about/directors.asp Bio at the] British Horseracing Board
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