Horse Racing

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.

Racing New South Wales and the Australian Turf Club have launched a new event which is set to become the world’s richest horse race staged on turf.

The British government has announced that the existing horseracing betting levy will in April be replaced by a new system that will require betting operators to return 10 per cent of their gross profits generated from bets placed on horseracing back to the sport.

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.

Will the China Horse Club succeed where other ventures have failed and take the sport into the mainstream in China? Ryan Herman reports.

Previously the unchallenged force in global gambling, horse racing has come under pressure recently as punters move to in-play betting on other sports. Ryan Herman looks at how the sport is fighting back in the UK, US and France.

The Breeders’ Cup, one of thoroughbred horseracing’s most prestigious international events, will return to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky in 2018, organisers announced today (Monday).

British horseracing commercial group The Jockey Club posted a record annual turnover of £183.3m (€232.9m/$263.8m) in 2015, it has been announced.

The UK’s Ascot Racecourse has agreed a multi-year deal with IMG under which the agency will serve as its worldwide licensing representative and develop a new offering for its leading horse racing events.

The Curragh and Longchamp, two of the most famous names in horse racing, are undergoing transformations. Ryan Herman reports.

Middle Eastern horseracing powerhouse Godolphin has unveiled plans to merge its racing and breeding empires.

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.

In 2013, racecourse operator The Jockey Club launched the first retail bond in UK sport as a means of funding a major redevelopment of Cheltenham.

The most popular incentive for information sharing identified by the CAB was the loyalty scheme, a method that has been helping UK horseracing venue operator Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR) understand more about their customers since 2011.

Ryan Herman reveals one of the most interesting races in horse racing next year will be taking place in the auction house, not the race track.

Two of Singapore’s leading horse races have been discontinued after the Singapore Turf Club said they have served their purpose.