Channel 4 will be asked to reduce the extent to which gambling features in its racing coverage, as part of a general rebranding of the sport aimed at broadening its appeal. ...More>
Epsom, field of dreams for all who aspire to racing glory, reopens on Wednesday - and it looks terrific. An outlay of £37 million has transformed shabby to chic, creating...More>
It was an unpalatable spectacle but the crowing of bookmakers, after they cleaned up on the biggest betting race of the year, does have a silver lining for racing. A portion o...More>
Corporate sponsors and a richer purse are helping to revive one of the oldest and most popular legacies of British rule in India, the Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC).
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Sunset+Vine announced that this Saturday’s Dubai World Cup fixture, the world’s richest day’s horseracing in terms of total prizemoney, has attracted record global coverage.
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Leading horseracing television channel and media rights management company Racing UK has launched a video product which will allow the latest racing highlights to be syndicate...More>
Hopes for an early resumption of racing at Great Leighs were dashed yesterday when the two leading bids for the Essex course were rejected by the administrators, Deloitte. G...More>
Jump racing received the perfect publicity coup on Friday when Queen Elizabeth flew into Cheltenham to cheer on her horse in the Gold Cup.
For a sport that battles hard to ...More>
Lawyers for the Jockeys Association are working on new contracts that will mean riders will be paid for the use of their image for the first time.
The association has been ...More>
With the Cheltenham Festival starting today, leading bookmaker Coral is predicting that up to £500 million will be bet across Britain next week, with much of it staked on...More>
As racing wrestles with its image in the quest for a new audience, a stark warning about its short-term prospects was issued yesterday, when the leader of Britain's 60 racecou...More>
It is a sign of the times, and a deeply worrying one for the horseracing industry, that Epsom, having failed to find a backer for this year's Derby meeting, has been forced fo...More>
Betfair, the internet betting exchange which matched its first bet less than 10 years ago, took a huge stride into the American racing and betting markets yesterday when it pu...More>
Sunset+Vine has seen off stiff competition to win the prestigious industry award for Best Sports Programme of 2008 for its production of the Grand National meeting.
The lea...More>
Plans to build a new racecourse on greenbelt land in Salford have been opposed by city planners.
Peel Holdings is behind the £100m Salford Forest Park scheme to build...More>
The attempt to rescue the Grade Two Boylesports International Hurdle from last weekend's abandoned card at Cheltenham will continue today, after a day of talks yesterday invol...More>
Betfair yesterday became the new sponsors of Ascot's King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Next July the race will carry a prize of £1m for the first time – up from th...More>
