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31 January 2024

Pontefract Racecourse and New Beginnings launch new partnership 

The start of 2024 sees the strengthening of a collaboration between Pontefract Racecourse and the charity New Beginnings, with the launch of their ‘Twelve Months of Giving’ campaign. 

Since last year, New Beginnings’ resident, Nearly Caught (aka Nico) has been the racehorse ambassador at the racecourse and now the team at Pontefract want to repay all his hard work and support the charity over the coming twelve months with the launch of this new initiative. 

You can read more about the launch here. 

Chief Operating Officer for Pontefract Racecourse, Richard Hammill, will be talking about this and more, as one of the much-anticipated speakers at the Racing Together Industry Day next Thursday (8th February). 

Tickets available here – https://www.racingtogether.co.uk/industry-day/ 

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