Horse Racing

US sports technology, data and content company Stats is to expand its services into the horseracing market through a new strategic partnership with Equibase Company, which operates the thoroughbred industry’s official database.

Few sports have such a pressing need to maximise the non-event day use of assets as British racing, and few have been as active.

With investment from traditional financial institutions still difficult to secure for sports properties looking to develop their facilities, sports fans are stepping forward to help fund projects. Elisha Chauhan finds out how and why.

British horseracing commercial group the Jockey Club has announced record levels of business growth and a sixth consecutive increase in turnover in its results for the 2014 financial year.

The Qatar International Equestrian Committee is to join forces with horse racing organisations in the UK and France to launch a lucrative new three-race series.

The Jockey Club today (Wednesday) unveiled its Racing Explained programme, which aims to educate the average race-goer about the sport, in hope to increase race-day income.

Having spent four years centralising back-end operations for its 15 racecourses, the Jockey Club has launched a new arm offering money-saving consultancy and services for fellow sports organisations. Matt Cutler reports.

British horse racing commercial group the Jockey Club has launched a new business to provide outsourced services to the sports industry.

British horseracing commercial group The Jockey Club has announced its Jockey Club Live music and entertainment venture has staged live music after racing for more than 300,000 people in its first year of operation.

Newmarket racecourse will host the inaugural Varsity horse race between UK universities Oxford and Cambridge on October 17.

Organisers of horse racing showpiece the Breeders’ Cup have today introduced a new three-year hosting strategy for the World Championships, marking a departure from the North American event’s traditional method of assigning hosts.

Does Ascot’s new sponsorship deal with Dubai Duty Free represent a step-change in the commercial model of one of the UK’s most historic venues?

The Jockey Club, the biggest commercial group in British horse racing, has announced record financial results for 2013 along with its largest-ever contribution to prize money.

British horseracing commercial group The Jockey Club has appointed construction company Kier as the main contractor on a £45m (€54.6m/75.2m) redevelopment project at its Cheltenham Racecourse.

Organisers of next month’s Grand National horse racing festival tell Elisha Chauhan why they hope to turn it into an Olympic-style, seven-day extravaganza.

France Galop, the governing body of flat and steeplechase horse racing in France, is to launch a new flat racing championship in 2015.