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The Directory maps nationwide activities from over 130 organisations that are harnessing racing’s assets to help people develop skills, increase physical activity and create a more diverse and inclusive sport.

Nominations are now open for the 2022 Godolphin Stud & Stable Staff Awards

This year will mark the 18th year of the awards recognising the outstanding skill, commitment and contribution of over 10,000 stud and stable staff across the country. The awards are sponsored by Godolphin and run by the BHA...

What happens if people can’t visit a yard for National Racehorse Week? Jo Foster tells us about her unusual approach to celebrating the racehorse

Jo Foster realised that having a yard opening to honour National Racehorse Week would mean that a lot of the same friendly faces would...

Jane Hedley, Clerk of the Course at Warwick Racecourse sets out on her 40-mile journey on horseback from Cheltenham Racecourse to Blenheim Palace to raise funds for the RDA

Jane Hedley (pictured centre) is looking to raise £500 for The Abingdon Riding for the Disabled group by riding from Cheltenham...

Stiff competition among trainers as winner of Lycetts Leadership and Lycetts Team Champion Awards are announced

The NTF and Lycetts have announced the winners of this year's Lycetts Leadership and Lycetts Team Champion Awards. The initiative has...

National Racehorse Week

We are so looking forward to National Racehorse Week starting today, which celebrates our equine athletes and the care they receive....

Charity pilot to introduce former racehorse Ouzbeck to Care Home Residents

Racing charities Greatwood and Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) are working with the Racing Together team to deliver a pilot programme...

Barry Geraghty among Leger Legends racing in support of its partner charities

First run in 2010, the St Leger Legends horse race is the only British charity race for ex-professional jockeys. Previous winners...

Fast and furious summer of sporting events aim at engaging young people

Cricket programmes proving popular The Hundred Series was a fast and furious summer cricket competition played in England and Wales...

Remarkable Rennie “amazed” after beating breast cancer to win the Newmarket Town Plate

News story by Graham Clark via The Jockey Club. Photo courtesy of John Hoy. An amateur rider who won the world’s oldest and...

Cheltenham continues its support of charity WellChild with launch of ‘Giddy Up for Good’ Series

The Jockey Club has launched an exciting initiative in conjunction with the charity WellChild and the Cotswold Riding for the Disabled...

Runners and cyclists raise £100k for Racing Welfare in just one weekend

A group of intrepid runners and riders took on challenges last weekend, all with one common goal: to raise money for Racing...

Wheels are turning as The Great Racing Welfare Cycle gets underway

A team of 27 cyclists set off at 8am on Tuesday 17th August to take part in The Great Racing Welfare Cycle in association with Windsor...

A familiar sight on Sky Sports Racing’s coverage of the Racing League and a presenter at Ascot and Goodwood, former Vogue model Rosie Tapner speaks about her initial concerns over racing and how the sport stole her heart through a blossoming love of riding and her ex-racehorse.

If I am totally honest, I had in the back of my mind that racing was cruel and that the horses weren’t looked after properly; that...

The British Horseracing Development Programme has been the launchpad for many successful and varied careers across racing and Racing Together was pleased to hear from Isobel Carlill as she reflects on her experiences and hopes for the future

I don’t come from what might be called a racing background, but my family have always been keen...

Hilary Lewis is a stalwart of the volunteering world having given up her time during the global pandemic to make weekly check-in and chat calls to those in racing who struggle with loneliness and isolation.

A keen racegoer and racehorse owner with Fergal O’Brien, Hilary is motivated by helping those who work tirelessly in the racing...

‘We must look out and encourage people to look in’. A strong message from former trainer, now BHA Director of Equine Health and Welfare, James Given ahead of the inaugural National Racehorse Week

I had an idea when I was on the board of Market Rasen around ten years ago, inspired by what Sport Relief achieved. We talk a lot...

Tim Musgrove’s family took part in the first Autism in Racing pilot event at Doncaster – he tells us about their experience.

We are a family of four; my wife and I have been together 17 years, and we have two children (William, 9 and Isabelle 5). Both of our...

Brand consultant and former adviser to Samantha Cameron, Isabel Spearman took on the challenge of riding in the Magnolia Cup in support of the charity Smart Works.

All photos with thanks to Hattie Austen I have learnt a lot about an industry I knew very little about beforehand and it has...

It’s time to take the blinkers off: Racing organisations support a stop smoking campaign targeted towards Newmarket residents.

The West Suffolk Alliance and OneLife Suffolk have collaborated with racing organisations and local people to launch a stop smoking...

Unable to rely on horsepower for once, Clarissa and Henry Daly are putting their best feet forward to run The Vitality Big Half in London next month for Racing Welfare. Clarissa explains the motivation to give back to the charity that has done so much for colleague Helen Brisland.

On May 15th 2018 Helen Brisland, Henry’s Travelling Head Person, had a life- changing accident on the gallops. She was flown to the...

Keen equestrienne Nicki Strong has landed a dream job communicating the messages of Racing Welfare. Surprised by the huge team effort behind the sport, Nicki’s focus is on keeping up the momentum after the charity’s record year for helping people.

In April I joined Racing Welfare – the Jockey Club’s charity - as Head of Communications and Marketing. The charity exists to...

Dubai Future Champions Education Week shows year 8 students the different career paths available throughout the racing industry. Hear more from Danielle Dawson, teacher from the Newmarket Academy in her vlog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5yRyJCd9W0

Colin Bland, Chief Executive Officer of Sporting Chance sees huge potential in working with the Racing League to strengthen the connections between the sportspeople’s charity and racing.

Sporting Chance was founded in 2000 and was the brainchild of Tony Adams MBE, the then England and Arsenal football captain. Today, we...

Pride Month: how is the European Breeders’ Fund celebrating?

Hear from Rachael Gowland of the British European Breeders' Fund (EBF) and David Letts, Chair of Racing with Pride on their plans to...