Owners & Trainers
Competition format
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7 Racing Teams compete over a 6 meetings
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42 exclusive flat races all shown live on ITV and Sky Sports
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Over £2m in prize money
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Bonus prize for the winning team
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What are the participation rules?
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It is the responsibility of individual trainers to ensure that their owners wish to participate in the Racing League and agree to be bound by the rules of the competition
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Final decision as to which horses are selected to represent the team will rest with the team manager
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Trainers must be available for media interviews on request during the competition
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Trainers are encouraged to attend meetings when their horses are running
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Stable staff must wear designated team apparel during meetings to be supplied by Racing League
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How are the race points awarded?
What are the competition rules?
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Team with the most points after the 42 races wins Racing League 2024
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Trainers, jockeys and horses can only be associated with one team for the duration of the competition
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Owners may have horses in more than one team
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Each team will have jockeys selected by the team managers via a draft and added during the competition, that may only ride for that team
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No jockey can ride more than 24 races over the competition
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Points for dead heats to be awarded as follows: position points are added together and then divided by the number of horses finishing in the dead heat
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What are the race conditions?
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7 races per meeting - exclusively open to the 7 teams
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Chepstow - Great Yarmouth - Newcastle - Southwell - Windsor will all have 7 races per meeting with 14 runners in each race exclusively open to the 7 teams
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Wolverhampton - 7 races with 13 runners in each race exclusively open to the 7 teams
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Each team to provide two runners in each race - except for one race at Wolverhampton (tbd ) when the team will have a single runner
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All races are handicap with a range of ratings bands
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Race distances and Class/rating bands are to be confirmed in Racing Calendar
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BHA normal distribution for race prize money
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All horses run in team colours rather than owner’s colours
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Jockey selection will be determined by the team manager rather than trainer/owner
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Associated sponsorship under SFRO does not apply to all Racing League races
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How will the Racing League be promoted and broadcast?
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All 42 races broadcast live on ITV and Sky Sports
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Online international streaming partners
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Full radio coverage
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Via participating racecourses
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Comprehensive PR campaign