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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.

Episode Three: Panel Announced

Racing Together launch third webinar of series: “The power of sport to help people: what did we learn from racing’s response to Covid-19 in support of communities?” Thursday 2 December at 12.30 - 1.15 Join our expert panel, hosted by...

Ascot Racecourse hosted 200 of Berkshire’s charities and volunteers to celebrate them and their contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic

Ascot Racecourse together with Mars Wrigley and Reckitt hosted 200 volunteers and representatives from 80 charities and community...

Webinar 2 Recording: Charities, heroes and heartstrings: all in a day’s racing

Thank you to our host, panellists and everyone who took the time to join and contribute to the second Racing Together...

RCA Launches Access Audit Programme to Enhance Raceday Experience for Disabled Racegoers

The Racecourse Association has commissioned pan disability access audits across British Racecourses to identify areas where the...

Racecourses Together unites racecourses for an evening of reflection and sharing

Racing broadcaster and commentator Gareth Topham hosted the Racecourse Association's Racecourses Together event at Doncaster...

Episode Two: Panel Announced

Racing Together launch second webinar “Charities, heroes and heartstrings: all in a day’s racing” to take place on Thursday 18...

Call for progression on racial equality at British Racing’s first collective conversation about racism

Over 250 people from horseracing and associated industries engaged with the first ‘Let’s Talk About Race’ webinar on Wednesday...

RaceTech Celebrates 75 Years as technical providers to British Horseracing, 1946 – 2021

RaceTech is proud to celebrate its 75th Anniversary this Autumn. The company was originally formed in November 1946 as...

As nominations for the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards are about to close, last year’s Community Award winner, Richard Phillips reflects back on National Racehorse Week .

“These Awards are working. When Jo won, I knew the judges were getting it right, the right people are getting rewarded”– Richard...

Webinar 1 Recording: During Safer Gambling Week, we ask: can racing’s reliance on betting be part of our conversations with young people

Thank you to our panellists and everyone who took the time to join and contribute to the first Racing Together webinar. The...

Primary school teacher Paresh Patel is pursuing his childhood dream and love of horseracing as he learns to ride at Britain’s leading trainer.

A primary school teacher from Wolverhampton is pursuing his childhood dream and love of horseracing, as he learns to ride at Mark...

Michael Andrews to wear rainbow armband on racecourse debut in Newbury charity race

Michael Andrews has enjoyed a busy career in the few years since completing his degree at Leeds University and embarking on the BHA...

Victoria Murrell from the award-winning Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association picks up on the opportunities for carbon storage and sequestration on stud farms.

The week of respite between the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales and their Horses in Training Sale is normally considered by the...

Joshua Thompson has been training hard in pursuit of his goal to ride in a charity race and to raise funds for the British Horse Society’s Changing Lives Through Horses Campaign

I've always been competitive person from running at county level at school, eventing internationally and taking part in half...

Henry Kimbell’s personal story inspired his race sponsorship at Newbury on Saturday. He talks here about his serious health challenges and his new venture, Galloping To Give.

Prior to the pandemic, I had been thinking about establishing myself more formally within racing. Like for many people, the pandemic...

Rory Palmer is a member of the Racing Together subcommittee and sits on the BHA’s Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group. Previously an MEP, he now works in public policy and campaigns. He writes in a personal capacity about racing’s chance to support this generation of young people.

Every child regardless of their background has a right to enjoy sport, time outdoors and the widest range of extra-curricular...

“I’m just trying to tell the story that I’ve seen” said writer and director Nathan Horrocks on the exciting launch of The Fall. He reveals the soul-searching journey towards bringing the film to life.

It’s been an incredible journey. When we first started Equine Productions over 10 years ago, people thought we were mad creating...

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...