Format

7 Teams compete 42 races across 6 meetings for over £2m prize money

Ireland

London & The South

Scotland

The East

The North

Wales & The West

Yorkshire

Teams
Each team consists of:

Team Manager - who will decide team selection for each race
Group of trainers - representing the region
Jockeys - selected by the team manager via a draft, ride exclusively for one team during the competition

Races

Each team will enter two runners in each race except for one at Wolverhampton
Each race will have a field of 14 runners except the 7 races at Wolverhampton when each race will have a field of 13 runners
All races are handicap with a range of ratings bands
Race distances and Class/rating bands are to be confirmed
BHA normal distribution for race prize money

Race distances
Each meeting will have 7 races over a mixture of distances:
5 furlongs
6 furlongs
7 furlongs
8 furlongs
10 furlongs
11 furlongs

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The Joker

Each Team Manager will have the opportunity to play a Joker in two of the 42 Racing League races when there are at least 12 horses running (or 11 horses running at Wolverhampton due to the restriction of 13 runners there).

The Joker will double the points won by the two horse representing the team in that race

* When played, the team will receive double points in the given race but it is not applied to individual jockey points.*

Prize Money:

Over £2m prize money is up for grabs
Prize money is distributed to owners, trainers, jockeys and yards as per standard BHA distribution

Plus an additional:

£50,000 winner-takes-all prize for the winning team
£35,000 prize pool to the winning team jockeys
£20,000 to the jockey that scores the most individual points over the competition

Horse Racing Terms explained
For Great British Racing's Jargon Buster please click here

FAQs
For further information on the competition, please click here

Owners & Trainers
If you are an owner or a trainer and would like more information, please click here

Joker explained:

A new innovation introduced in Racing League 2022 allows each of the managers of the seven competing teams having the opportunity to play a Joker in any two of the 42 races when there are at least 12 horses running (or 11 horses running at Wolverhampton due to the restriction of 13 runners there).

The Joker doubles the points won by the two horses representing the team in a given race. When played, the team receives double points in that given race but it is not applied to individual jockey points.

The team manager will announce their intention to play a Joker in the Paddock, directly before the selected race. This is done by placing a Joker card alongside the team name on the scoreboard in the Paddock.

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