By Simon Jackson. Tony Kelly, the Arena Racing Company (ARC) managing director, is leaving the firm in summer to join the Hong Kong Jockey Club as executive director of Racing Business & Operations. Kelly joined ARC in August 2004 as group finance director of Northern Racing Ltd and was subsequently made group managing director in…
By Simon Jackson. Royal Windsor and Doncaster have renewed their partnership with online betting exchange BETDAQ which has been extended to cover 85 races at 18 meetings in 2015. The sponsorship agreement with the racecourses’ owner, Arena Racing Company (ARC), covers 15 races at five of Royal Windsor’s Monday evening fixtures during May and June…
By Simon Jackson at Lingfield Park. Godolphin won both Listed races at the launch of the second All-Weather Championships as Lingfield Park celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first British race meeting staged on an artificial surface. Lingfield created history on October 30, 1989 when they held the first all-weather meeting in the UK and…
By Simon Jackson. Arena Racing Company (ARC) has added a three-year-old sprint category to the second All-Weather Championships that start at Lingfield Park next week. The new event boosts the number of championship races to seven, joining the three-year-old (1600m), sprint, mile, marathon, fillies & mares and middle distance races. The news comes ahead of Lingfield’s…
By Simon Jackson. Lingfield Park is gearing-up for the second All-Weather Championships series as they prepare to celebrate a quarter of a century of racing on a synthetic surface this month. Lingfield created history on October 30, 1989 when they staged the first all-weather meeting in the UK and are set to recognise the milestone…
By Simon Jackson. Fontwell Park is offering 20 per cent off tickets to Ladies Evening at the West Sussex racecourse where they are set to stage a seven race card on August 14. Racegoers need only to use the promotional code advertised on Fontwell’s website to claim the discount for an evening’s national hunt racing…
