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Racing With Pride rainbow silks made turf debut at York Racecourse in celebration of Pride Month

The Racing With Pride rainbow silks were carried for the first time at a British turf flat racecourse, by the five year old filly Zim Baby and jockey Jim Crowley, in The British EBF Racing With Pride Fillies’ Handicap (3pm), worth £34,000 at York...

Bookmakers donate Britannia Stakes profits again to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Betting and Gaming Council members will mark The Queen’s Jubilee by donating all their profits from Royal Ascot’s Britannia Stakes...

Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June

This week is national Volunteers’ Week which is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK...

National Racehorse Week set to return in September

Racing’s annual celebration of the horses at the heart of our sport is set to return later this year with the second National...

British racing celebrates Pride 2022

Pride is about communities coming together in celebration, protest, unity and solidarity for LGBT+ equality. It is celebrated in June...

Catterick celebrates The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Catterick Racecourse will celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at its raceday on Friday 3 June. Her Majesty The Queen has a...

Racing Foundation releases 2021 annual review video announcing £7m of funding

The Racing Foundation delivered more than £7million in funding to the industry in 2021 – the largest sum the charitable foundation...

All roads lead to Epsom Racecourse to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee Weekend

Community invited to enjoy free activities at the home of the Derby The Jockey Club will be hosting a range of free activities at...

Reflecting on a record Racing Together Community Day, Thursday 5th May 2022

A record level of participation was achieved for the first Racing Together Community Day staged since 2019. The annual initiative,...

Thrilling trio of fixtures coming up at Catterick

Catterick Racecourse is preparing for an exciting three weeks at the course, culminating with Platinum Jubilee celebrations on Friday...

‘Racing Home’ goes live: a brand-new online platform for educating and empowering racings employers, employees and self-employed

Women in Racing, with support from the Racing Foundation, Kindred Group and their flagship brand Unibet, are delighted to announce the...

70 trees planted in Windsor Great Park and dedicated to local schools in celebration of Platinum Jubilee

Ascot Racecourse and the Crown Estate today welcomed 70 local schools to Windsor Great Park to be involved in a ceremony which saw 70...

The return of the IJF Beneficiary summer holiday was no small challenge for the charity, explains Head of Operations Debbie Grey, as a group of 86 descended on the seaside town of Islantilla to enjoy the camaraderie, Spanish sun and the singing of indefatigable Jack Berry.

I’ve just been reading some of the thank you cards we’ve already received from some of the beneficiaries and it’s great to know...

Ben Warn joined Go Racing in Yorkshire as Chairman just before the launch of the Yorkshire Beacon Programme

I joined Go Racing in Yorkshire as their Chairman in March 2022, a role I'm delighted to take on. I'm based in York and have...

During Mental Health Awareness Week, Racing Welfare’s Karen Ladym discusses the support available to racing’s workforce

Being the lead Mental Health First Aid Instructor for the charity has given me the opportunity to reach a wide variety of people in...

Hannah Henn is among the first intake of the new Racing Media Academy, which she describes as ‘here to make change’ and of huge benefit to the sport.

A race against time Horseracing is a race against time, and in my opinion it’s time to embrace diversity. We will not slow down...

Gay Kelleway explains why helping Ukrainian horses is so important right now, and how you can help

Following an initial trip to Poland taking aid to the Ukraine border, trainer Gay Kelleway set up a fundraising campaign to provide...

On International Trans Day of Visibility, hear Courtney’s journey and how racing and horses have helped.

Hi everyone, I’m Courtney, I’m a 35-year-old transgender woman who lives in Sidcup. I rent a flat and live by myself. I...

Student Rob Moss is currently on the National Stud Diploma Course. He tells Racing Together about his journey into the thoroughbred world, how the course is going and his ambitions for the future.

I am 21 years old, and I am from Wigan. I began working in the thoroughbred industry in 2019 when I got a job at Eureka stud, while...

Kate Bradley secured Picture of the Year in the inaugural National Association of Stable Staff (NARS) Education Awards Night last month. She speaks here about her background within the racing industry and how she came to fall in love with photography.

I am 41 years old, and I have a three-year-old daughter. I have worked in racing for 28 years, firstly working weekends and holidays...

Racing With Pride Committee Member, Leigh Armstrong has been involved in racing in some form or another for most of his life. He shares his story here, highlighting the progress which he has seen within the sport, as well as his hopes for the future.

I was hyperactive as a child and my dad would get me to sit still by reading the names of funny named horses running that day and then...

The most memorable viral image of Hayley Moore is her expert snatch and grab of a loose horse at Chepstow in 2018, but the rider turned TV presenter has seized the opportunities the sport offered and wants others to do the same.

Lucky. The word I’ve chosen to describe my life. I will always be grateful to have horseracing and to have grown up in this...

Josh Truman joins Racing to School team through Kickstart scheme

Racing to School recruit, Josh Truman is one of several new faces to enter the sport through the Government Kickstart scheme. In the...

Fran Compostella grew up seeing first-hand the reliance of people on equines. No odds were offered on her chosen career being that of a vet and her globetrotting career experience and knowledge is now at the disposal of racing through her role with the Horse Welfare Board.

Horses have taken me around the world and given me opportunities in life I could never have dreamed of. And in my opinion – that is...