The Jockey Club

Horse Racing
Sponsorship & Marketing

Banking and wealth management brand Investec has bowed out of its title deal with The Epsom Derby horse racing classic and the two-day Derby Festival with six years still to go on the contract
Industry Moves

Former Jockey Club chairman Simon Bazalgette and its former chief executive Paul Fisher have launched a new advisory, investment and services business for the sports, leisure, media and entertainment sectors
Horse Racing
Events

The Derby is set to go ahead as planned at Epsom Downs Racecourse this summer following approval from the local authorities to stage the horse-racing event without fans
Horse Racing
Events

The Jockey Club has announced that the 2020 Grand National Festival has been cancelled, with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) also suspending all horse racing from tomorrow (Wednesday) onwards
Horse Racing
Sponsorship & Marketing

Online gambling company BetVictor has renewed its sponsorship of The Gold Cup at Cheltenham Racecourse’s November meeting until 2021.
Horse Racing
Business

The Jockey Club has announced former BT Sport and Sky executive Delia Bushell as its new group chief executive
Horse Racing
Sports Betting

Horse racing is likely to see a drop in its media revenues after William Hill announced plans to close around 700 betting shops in the UK before the end of the year
Horse Racing
Events

One of the most tradition-bound of US sports is facing unprecedented change in the wake of outdated facilities, emerging technology, and the accelerated need to find new and younger fans.
Horse Racing
Governance

Simon Bazalgette has announced his resignation as group chief executive of the Jockey Club after serving more than a decade as the first-ever occupier of this position at the largest commercial group in…
Horse Racing
Finance & Law

The Jockey Club, the largest commercial group in British horseracing, has reported a 10th consecutive year of commercial growth but has warned of the impact of the government’s crackdown on the betting i…
Football
Sports Betting

Drop in advertising against football unlikely to impact media-rights income Value of shirt and LED inventory could increase Exemption likely to drive horse racing media-rights revenue
Horse Racing
Finance & Law

The Jockey Club is set to freeze prize money contributions at racetracks over fears of betting shop closures
Horse Racing
Stadia

Cheltenham Racecourse has won a ground-breaking High Court battle that will see ticket touts banned from the track, in a move that will have significant implications for the illegal ticketing market across…
Finance & Law

Sports teams and rights-holders are today presented with a panoply of funding mechanisms to help raise money: issuing of mini-bonds, shares and other crowdfunding initiatives; financing against commercial rights; and insurance-backed loans are all competing against the high-street banks.

Horse Racing
Business

Paul Fisher has been promoted to chief executive of Jockey Club Racecourses, the operating group of 15 racecourses in the UK.

Horse Racing
Business

Simon Bazalgette is group CEO of The Jockey Club. Here he asks whether a collegiate or dictatorial approach works best in matters of governance and regulation.

Horse Racing
Business

British horseracing commercial group The Jockey Club has today (Tuesday) said that it could sell off its Kempton Park racecourse in order to help raise £500m (€574.2m/$608.6m) for reinvestment into the sport.
Horse Racing
Business

In 2015, British horseracing set out to become a data-driven sport to achieve its ambition of growing attendances from six million to seven million by 2020.