Last month we reported that Paddy Power had taken the decision to remove the Best Price Guarantee for meetings held at 16 UK racecourses owned by the ARC racing and leisure group.  This was a shock move in the industry given that Best Odds Guarantees … [Read more...] about William Hill Drop Best Odds Guarantee For Irish Horse Racing & All Greyhounds

Organised horse racing in the United Kingdom has been around for many centuries, first starting out during the reign of King Charles II. Even so, horse racing in general had been taking place long before that, with the earliest of them thought to … [Read more...] about How Many Horse Races Are There Each Year In The UK?

The Jockey Club has announced that the capacity at Cheltenham Racecourse will be capped at 68,500 people for each day of the Festival in 2023. The news comes on the back of the event enjoying its highest ever total capacity of 280,627 in 2022, which … [Read more...] about Cheltenham Festival Capacity To Be Reduced Following Record 2022 Attendance

Best odds guarantee is provided so widely by UK bookmakers and betting sites now and it has been around so long that most of us take it for granted that we have best price protection when betting on the day on UK and Irish racing.  The shock move … [Read more...] about Why Have Paddy Power Dropped Best Odds Guarantee For 16 UK Racecourses?

We all know that the Queen has a much-documented love and dedication to her horses. In fact, even last year at the age of 94, the head of The Royal Family was pictured on horseback in Windsor, marking her first public appearance since the COVID-19 … [Read more...] about How Much Does the Queen Win from Horse Racing? Does She Bet?

The long awaited BHA review into the use of the whip in UK horse racing was finally published in July, 15 months later than planned.  It was the first major whip review in over 11 years since the 2011 that brought in the original guidance and … [Read more...] about New Horse Racing Whip Rules With Extended Punishments & Disqualification