TUESDAY APRIL 22nd RACING POST CH4
WEEK MONDAY APRIL 21st TO SUNDAY APRIL 27th
REVIEW OF YESTERDAY'S CH4 LIVE HORSERACING ACTION
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WEEK MONDAY APRIL 21st TO SUNDAY APRIL 27th
REVIEW OF YESTERDAY'S CH4 LIVE HORSERACING ACTION
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CHANNEL 4 LIVE HORSERACING
Nicholas Godfrey (GB) (RP)
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Australia 
BBC1 BREAKFAST
Guest Star Danny Wallace Author of Who is Tom Ditto?
New book out on Thursday
BBC1 BREAKFAST
Guest Star Danny Wallace Author of Who is Tom Ditto?
New book out on Thursday
Random House Group Edition, We join the action
just as our 'hero' Tom, early thirties, reads the 'news' on the ... Danny Wallace ... This book is also available as :
Danny Wallace is a Sunday
Times-bestselling author who lives in London
BBC1 News - Selfie Day: Who do we think we are?
Tuesday April 15th 2014
Who do you think you are? Have you ever been allowed to find out?
Tuesday April 15th 2014
Who do you think you are? Have you ever been allowed to find out?
April 15 ... We would like to see selfies of you and something you identify with. ... BBC Breakfast sports presenter Mike Bushell sent in two selfies
NEWS
By
Bill Barber
"Reward
tracks that help racing says Jockey Club"
“THE Jockey Club has called for greater
meritocracy within British racing and a formalisation of the relationship
between the sport’s main stakeholders in its annual review for 2014.
“As the group announced record
turnover, operating profits and contribution to prize-money in 2013, the Jockey
Club said incentivising acts for the good of racing, such as prize money
contribution and promotion, would help grow the sport for all.
“Group chief executive Simon Bazalgette said
yesterday “our view is we can go further in terms of how racecourses’
commercial business can be supported through things like fixtures and
distribution of funding.
“If racecourses want to develop their fixture
list and the funding they get from the sport then the structure should be
around incentives so they can achieve that. But they achieve it by doing the
right thing for the sport.
“Senior steward Nicholas Wrigley
added: “People make their own commercial
decisions and do what they think is right. What we are saying is when people
take different views you then make sure the structures are in place which rewards
those who make the greatest contribution.
“Wrigley, who will be succeeded by
Roger Weatherby when his five - year term as senior steward ends in July said in his forward to the
review it is “imperative” to formalise British racing’s stakeholder structure.
"A previous plan by ex BHA chief
executive Nic Coward for racecourses and the Horsemen’s Group to look after commercial matters while the BHA
withdrew to a regulatory role stalled,
and has been subsequently reversed by his successor Paul Bittar.
“However, Bazalgetti said a formal
arrangement between the three stakeholders should be introduced for matters
like levy negotiations and fixtures.
“He added: “We think the overriding
principle should be that the sport is a joint venture between
stakeholders. It should be structured on
the base that the stakeholders will try to work together to make things happen
and then set out what happens if some stakeholders don’t agree with certain
things.
“Last year
marked the fifth consecutive year of record group turnover and operating
profits for the Jockey Club. Turnover increased
11 per cent to £166.9 million, while operating profits also rose 11 per cent, to £22m.
“The group contributed £18. 24m towards
prize-money during 2013, with total purses at Jockey Club Racecourses reaching
£41.6m. Both figures are set to rise again this year.
“Wrigley said:
“From the stewards’ point of view we’re pleased with the progress we’re
making and the results the executive is delivering.
“They deliver what we see as our
mission, which is to operate commercially
but generate money we can re-invest into the sport in the broadest sense
– whether prize-money, new facilities or customer experience. “
“One of those investments is the £45m
redevelopment at Cheltenmham and it will be partly funded from the Jockey
Club’s retail bond, which raised nearly £25m last year.
“The group reduced its bank debt last
year by £13.3m but its year-end total debt position increased by £10.9m to
£97.1m, reflecting the addition of the bond.
“Bazalgette said he expected the debt position
to “tick-up” before reducing again after the Cheltenham
redevelopment is finished in 2016. Both figures are set to rise again this year.
“We’ve gone through a huge exercise with the
banks to make sure everyone is very comfortable. “ he added. “We spent a lot of
time making sure if unforeseen things do
happen we’ll still be able to manage our bank debt position. “
J Margaret Clarke
Turfcall Comment
THE TRUE PERSPECTIVE
OF BRITISH HORSERACING IN CONTEXT AT PRESENT APRIL 2014
TimeLine Zone
1711 .... 2014
Who are the three stakeholders stated to be the
owners of British horseracing in this
feature?
THERE is a whole world of difference between owning a racecourse and owning British horseracing.
The problem
is between 1711 and 2014 British horseracing has fallen into the wrong hands. Fallen
into the hands of the highly dangerous bloodhorse Illiterate.
1711 Queen
Anne was the founder of Royal Ascot racecourse
2014 Queen Elizabeth 11 owns Royal Ascot racecourse now
Queen Anne ordered a racecourse to be
built on Ascot Heath in
1711. ... in her carriage to the place where the royal hounds
were kennelled on Ascot Heath.
14 Jun 2011 ... As this
year's Royal Ascot gets underway in Berkshire , BBC News looks back at the racecourse's
history as it marks its
300-year anniversary.
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