The Jockey Club has announced today that it has achieved the £15 million target for its Racecourse Bond in just over three weeks. As a result of continued demand The Jockey Club - which owns racecourses including Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and Newmarket as the largest commercial group in British horseracing - has extended the application w… read more
Ascot Racecourse has appointed Promote PR to generate media coverage for a number of racing events this summer including Royal Ascot. Promote PR’s core activity for the Royal Meeting in June is launching the exclusive Pavilion Club for Grandstand Admission customers. read more
Jockey Club Racecourses, the largest racecourse group in the UK, has unveiled ‘The Jockey Club Grassroots Flat Series’; a six-month series of races aimed at supporting the foundation levels of Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. read more
The Jockey Club, the largest commercial group in Britain's second biggest spectator sport, has announced its best set of financial results ever – including record turnover (£150.3m), operating profits (£19.8m) and contribution to prize money (£16.5m) – and used them as the springboard to launch the first ever retail bond in British sport, 'The J… read more
Racecourse Media Group, which manages the media rights for 33 racecourses in the UK, has announced that record licence fees of £46 million for 2012 had been distributed to its racecourse shareholders. read more
viagogo has announced a new partnership with Ascot Racecourse, which will see the ticket marketplace become the official international ticketing provider for the British racecourse, including Royal Ascot in June. read more
Following the Grand National last week, Aintree Racecourse and The Jockey Club have stepped up their pursuit for a new title sponsor by appointing sponsorship specialists Phar Partnerships to lead the search. read more
With the start of the new season less than three weeks away, Goodwood Racecourse has announced a prize money boost of 12% - increasing the total purse to over £3.6 million across 19 race days – including five days of Glorious Goodwood. read more
A peak audience of almost nine million viewers watched The John Smith’s Grand National yesterday on Channel 4 – the first time the broadcaster has covered the annual event. read more
UK ale brand John Smith’s is targeting pub drinkers in the run up to the John Smith’s Grand National steeplechase by driving its association with Saturday’s race through a revamped sweepstake kit. read more
The Jockey Club has announced plans for its largest ever investment in racecourse facilities with the unveiling of a £45 million concept for the next stage of development at its flagship Cheltenham Racecourse. read more
Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR), the UK’s largest racecourse group, has appointed Nadine Mansfield as Regional Head of Marketing in its North West region, which consists of Aintree, Haydock Park and Carlisle racecourses. She joins JCR on 18th March 2013 from Manchester United FC, where she is currently Venue Marketing Manager. read more
Cheltenham Festival broke attendance records over the course of the 2013 event last week, the Jockey Club has announced, with the first three days of the meeting attracting their largest crowds since the Jump racing spectacle increased to four days in 2005. read more
Jockey Club Racecourses has agreed a new four year contract with Arena Structures for the provision of temporary structures and ancillary equipment at three of the Group’s racecourses, beginning this week with the four day Cheltenham Festival. read more
Paddy Power has unveiled its first foray into air travel with the unveiling a unique hot air balloon specially modeled on a pair of the bookmaker’s ‘lucky pants’ at Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday. read more
Tuesday’s crowd of 56,284 at the Cheltenham Festival was a new record for the first day since the event moved to four days in 2005. The opening day of the Cheltenham Festival got the go ahead despite overnight frost, with the start of racing delayed by 35 minutes. read more
Racing for Change, set up by a variety of stakeholders in British horse racing four years ago to unify and promote the sport, will now work under the name Great British Racing with a new, permanent mandate. read more
Kensington Gardens will host the global show jumping Championship series in its first ever UK event this summer. Taking place in the heart of London a year after the Olympic Games, the Global Champions Tour of Great Britain aims to mark the Equestrian Olympic legacy. read more
BBC Radio has extended its coverage of live horse racing until at least 2016, with Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra's Cheltenham Festival broadcast covering all 27 races are broadcast live. read more
Sports betting and gaming company, BetVictor, has expanded its support of British racing by signing a six-figure partnership with Jockey Club Racecourses’ all-weather floodlit racetrack, Kempton Park Racecourse. read more
Jockey Club Racecourses, the UK’s largest racecourse group, has revealed strong attendances in 2012, while its festivals attracted record attendances throughout the year - despite the second wettest year on record, the economic climate and competition from major events such as London 2012 and Euro 2012. read more
Betfred, and its tote betting service Totepool, have signed deals with 31 Racecourse Media Group racetracks (RMG), plus Ascot, to provide pool betting services and on-course betting shops until at least July 2018. read more
The Jockey Club has announced its racecourse arm will offer more than £40 million in prize money in 2013, an increase of more than £5 million on 2012, which includes a record £18.6 million contribution directly from Jockey Club Racecourses. read more
Ascot is set to join Racecourse Media Group, the parent company of Racing UK TV, which will be responsible for the distribution of all of the racecourse’s media rights in the UK and overseas from June 2014. read more
William Hill has agreed a three year deal with Kempton Park to remain the headline sponsor of the Winter Festival until 2015, taking William Hill’s sponsorship of the National Hunt event to a minimum of seven years in total. read more
The Jockey Club, the largest commercial group in British horseracing, has announced the appointment of Tom Manners to the new position of Group Brand Development Director, effective Tuesday 4th December 2012. read more
The Jockey Club, which owns 15 racecourses in the UK, has teamed up with 17-time Champion Jockey, Tony ‘AP’ McCoy, in an effort to help promote Britain’s second largest spectator sport over the festive period and launch racing’s first ever interactive advent calendar which offers giveaways including thousands of free tickets. read more
Aintree Racecourse, the venue of the Grand National, is in the process of seeking a new title sponsor for the iconic race after ale brand John Smith's confirmed the 2013 running will be its last as title sponsor due to commercial reasons, which include changes to the ale market in the UK and the development of the John Smith's brand. read more
Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR), the UK’s largest racecourse group, has announced the launch of The Jockey Club Grassroots Jumps Series in 2012/13. read more
The Jockey Club, the largest commercial group in British racing, today announced the appointment of Mike Street OBE as Chairman of its Sandown Park Racecourse and Nick Mustoe as Chairman of Kempton Park Racecourse, effective 1st January 2013. read more
Champion jockey AP McCoy OBE has secured a new endorsement deal with Albert Bartlett for the 2012/13 National Hunt season. AP’s breeches will be sponsored by the grower and supplier of potatoes, who are also a key sponsor of the Cheltenham festival. read more
Simon Bazalgette, group chief executive of The Jockey Club, has confirmed that a deal has been reached between the racing and betting industries for the 52nd Levy Scheme, with the deal estimated to generate £72.9m for British racing. read more
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