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Four-time jockey champion announced as Racing Post Ambassador

SBC News Four-time jockey champion announced as Racing Post Ambassador

Racing Post has expanded its media team after four-time champion jockey Richard Johnson became the company’s newest ambassador. Johnson will delegate his time to writing regular features for the paper and website every Saturday, whilst also promoting jockey welfare for the company. Louise Agran, Chief Marketing Officer at Racing Post, commented: “Richard is one of the most successful jockeys around …

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Cheltenham Day One: Finding the ‘edge’ through larger priced contenders

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Stephen Harris, Horse Racing Editor at bettingexpert.com, has highlighted Lalor – running in the 2:10 on the first day at Cheltenham – as just one of the “terrific betting opportunities” for those seeking value away from horses trained by the biggest names in the sport. Harris is providing a full preview on the eve of each day at the Festival, …

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Racing Post 2015 Christmas Jumper Campaign raises £12,000

SBC News Racing Post 2015 Christmas Jumper Campaign raises £12,000

Daily racing news and betting publisher, Racing Post, has announced that it has raised £12,000 for the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) via its #Jumpers4Horses 2015 Christmas jumpers campaign.  The money raised will go towards covering the costs of the RoR staging its annual programme of racecourse parades in 2016. These are vital in creating awareness of the important work the …

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Betway signs Richard Johnson as Brand Ambassador for 2015/16 National Hunt season.

SBC News Betway signs Richard Johnson as Brand Ambassador for 2015/16 National Hunt season.

Betway has added champion jockey Richard Johnson to its list of distinguished brand ambassadors. Johnson a runner-up to AP McCoy an astonishing 16 times in the British Jump Jockeys’ Championship , has signed a deal to become lead spokesperson for Betway for the upcoming 2015/16 National Hunt season. The 38-year-old jockey has ridden nearly 2,900 winners in his career and is currently …

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Betfred TV plans to be the best destination for Cheltenham Festival punters

SBC News Betfred TV plans to be the best destination for Cheltenham Festival punters

As next week’s Cheltenham Festival approaches (10-13 March), Manchester bookmaker Betfred plans to make its racing channel Betfred TV the best destination for horse racing enthusiasts to follow. The in-house TV Channel which is broadcast to its 1400 high street shops will also stream some of their preview content at www.betfred.com including on Sunday night at 6pm a special Cheltenham Preview evening featuring top jockey Richard …

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