The Jockey Club
The Jockey Club is the largest commercial operator in British racing, operating 15 racecourses. Many of racing’ s most historic and prestigious prizes are staged at the likes of Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs, Newmarket’ s two racecourses – The Rowley Mile and The July Course – Kempton Park, Sandown Park and Haydock Park.
The Jockey Club also offer world class training facilities at Newmarket, Lambourn and Epsom through Jockey Club Estate, nurture and develop future generations, both equine and human at The National Stud and care for and support British Racing’ s people through Racing Welfare.
The mission of The Jockey Club is to act for the long term good of British racing in everything we do. Under its Royal Charter, The Jockey Club re-invests all its profits back into horseracing.
Racecourse Association( RCA)
The Racecourse Association was formed in 1907. We serve the interests of our 58 member racecourses to empower them to be the best venues they can be.
Our aim is to provide leadership to, and representation of, racecourses across a multitude of areas.
We are guided by the principles of excellence and innovation across all areas of racecourse administration. The RCA takes pride in sharing best practice, faultless research and a warm welcome to those we work with.
Scottish Racing Academy( SRA)
Scottish Racing Academy is the leading training and education provider for racing in Scotland. They work in partnership with Scottish Racing and the employers in Scotland and the North to deliver work-based education and training through a qualifications pathway from Entry levels to Pre-trainers.
Star Sports
The UK’ s leading luxury bookmaker, Star Sports was launched as Star Racing in 1999. Now based in Brighton, Star Racing was rebranded in the summer of 2009 to reflect its growth and the wider portfolio of services offered to its clients. As befits the most exclusive private bookmaker in the world, they are justifiably proud of their fantastic team. As well as their telephone and internet businesses they have facilities at the best racecourses around the country as well retail outlets including a luxury flagship shop in Mayfair.
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