Unibet has partnered with Spotlight Sports Group (SSG) as the bookmaker becomes the title sponsor of the Racing Post’s ‘Morning Dash’ preview show throughout the Qatar Goodwood Festival. The programme will be filmed live every morning from 1-5 August and will feature Unibet offers, boosts and ambassadors such as Classic winning trainer Richard Hannon Jnr and multiple Group 1 winning …
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Horse racing will not feature in the government’s schedule of 12 sporting events which will see the large scale return of spectators to venues. Crowds are due to return to horse racing on 17 May, during the third stage of the government’s planned schedule, which will begin on 15 May with the FA Cup final the debut event. Although the …
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Online betting operator MansionBet has initiated a new marketing campaign, ‘#MerryCheltmas’, ahead of the upcoming Cheltenham Festival. By creating a unique title for the festival, the sportsbook intends to market the event as ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ for racing fans. As part of the campaign, MansionBet will launch a range of offers for the week-long series of …
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Ascot and Chester racecourses have agreed to host races from the third series of The Silk Series in 2019, with the first race taking place at Ascot Racecourse this Saturday. The £150,000 series of races for female jockeys aims to promote the achievements of both amateur and professional female jockeys across Britain. Jockeys take part in a series of fifteen …
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An expansion of the Silk Series has been revealed by the Arena Racing Company (ARC), with races from an extra four tracks set be encompassed into the 2018 offering. Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow (March 8), Goodwood, Hamilton Park, Musselburgh and York Racecourses have been announced as joining the initiative, which launched in 2017 across nine ARC tracks. The …
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Rank Group Plc has informed that its new sports betting division Grosvenorsport will sponsor this Saturday’s Celebration Mile at Goodwood Racecourse. The Group Two ‘Grosvenor Sport Celebration Mile’ is considered the highlight of Goodwood’s three-day August Bank Holiday meeting. The Celebration Mile has a prize pool of £100,000 and will include notable contenders’ winner Lightning Spear, Qatar Goodwood Festival victor Beat The …
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Betsafe Horse Racing Manager Michael Robinson squeezed into the top 10 in the Tipster Challenge despite a disappointing race day at Goodwood. However, the 3.50 points that he collected from a victory for Havana Grey (7/2) was enough to convincingly upstage challenge regular Stephen Harris. The horse racing guru from bettingexpert failed to pick up any points across the seven …
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Betsafe Horse Racing Manager Michael Robinson has reacted to the sports betting subsidiary adding a horse racing product to its service by signing up for today’s Tipster Challenge at Goodwood. Robinson has picked his seven winners at #GloriousGoodwood, which includes an extremely brave Nap of the Day in the 3:35. At the time of writing, Lancaster Bomber is priced at …
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The Goodwood Group, owners of the popular West Sussex estate Goodwood which hosts major motorsports, horseracing and leisure events has partnered with digital personalization specialist Qubit to optimise the performance of its digital assets. Confirming the partnership, Goodwood marketing has detailed that it wants Qubit technologies’ to bring ‘personalisation at scale’ to its digital inventory boosting sales and average order …
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James McDonald, a champion jockey in Sydney, has been charged with betting on the horse that he rode to victory on his debut. Racing New South Wales (NSW) stewards have interviewed the Godolphin’s retained rider over the betting activity on Astern ahead of his race win at Randwick in December of last year. A late flurry of money saw Astern’s …
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