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Owners & Trainers

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Competition format 
  • 7 Racing Teams compete over a 6 meetings 

  • 42 exclusive flat races all shown live on ITV and Sky Sports 

  • Over £2m in prize money 

  • Bonus prize for the winning team  

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What are the participation rules?
  • 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

  • Final decision as to which horses are selected to represent the team will rest with the team manager

  • Trainers must be available for media interviews on request during the competition

  • Trainers are encouraged to attend meetings when their horses are running

  • 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?
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What are the competition rules? 
  • Team with the most points after the 42 races wins Racing League 2024

  • Trainers, jockeys and horses can only be associated with one team for the duration of the competition

  • Owners may have horses in more than one team

  • 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

  • No jockey can ride more than 24 races over the competition

  • 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?
  • 7 races per meeting - exclusively open to the 7 teams

  • 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

  • Wolverhampton - 7 races with 13 runners in each race exclusively open to the 7 teams

  • Each team to provide two runners in each race - except for one race at Wolverhampton (tbd ) when the team will have a single runner

  • All races are handicap with a range of ratings bands 

  • Race distances and Class/rating bands are to be confirmed in Racing Calendar

  • BHA normal distribution for race prize money

  • All horses run in team colours rather than owner’s colours

  • Jockey selection will be determined by the team manager rather than trainer/owner

  • 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?
  • All 42 races broadcast live on ITV and Sky Sports 

  • Online international streaming partners 

  • Full radio coverage  

  • Via participating racecourses 

  • Comprehensive PR campaign 

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