The NSW government will intervene and dump the panel charged with selecting the five-person independent board to run racing in the state.The 10-member Appointments Panel began the process of selecting the independent Board of Racing NSW in August and an outcome had been expected by early September.But Racing Minister Kevin Greene said the process still had not reached a conclusion and the uncertainty meant the industry could question its final decision."I have also received a report from an inde

The NSW government will intervene and dump the panel charged with selecting the five-person independent board to run racing in the state.

The 10-member Appointments Panel began the process of selecting the independent Board of Racing NSW in August and an outcome had been expected by early September.

But Racing Minister Kevin Greene said the process still had not reached a conclusion and the uncertainty meant the industry could question its final decision.

"I have also received a report from an independent expert to the affect that the process cannot be given a probity insurance," he said in a statement.

"This process has derailed and nobody wants the new board to have to start out with any questions hanging over it.

"I want this process back on track, and to achieve that I will introduce reforms to state parliament revisiting the appointment process."

Greene said he would now appoint a new selection panel, comprised of three eminent people with racing knowledge, to choose the board.

The new panel will be given assistance from a probity adviser and the NSW Department of Arts, Sport and Recreation.

The more than 50 people who applied to be part of the five-person board under the previous panel will now be asked if their applications still stand.

The Thoroughbred Racing Amendment Bill was tabled in June following recommendations for reforms made in an independent report from former senior public servant Ken Brown.

Brown was commissioned by the state government almost two years ago to conduct a review of the industry.

When former sports minister Graham West first announced his response to the review in August 2007, his proposed changes met with industry criticism because the five-member board was originally slated to be answerable to a separate Racing Industry Consultation Group.

That proposal was subsequently scrapped and the new board will have unprecedented powers over the destiny of racing in NSW.