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A gross profit tax is levied on all UK based bookmakers which is payable to the exchequer, and a separate sum is agreed and collected by the Horserace Betting Levy Board, a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, who use the funds for race prize money and the improvement of horse racing. [51]
A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.
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Timeform is a sports data and content provider located in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1948, it provides systematic information on form to punters and others involved in the horse racing industry. The company was purchased by the sports betting exchange Betfair in December 2006.
The course staged pony racing from 1947 to 1951 and in 1961, and Arab racing in 1979: Hethersett Racecourse [26] Norfolk: England: National Hunt: c1888: 4 May 1939: The course staged point-to-racing from 1953 to 1970: Hooton Park Racecourse [27] Cheshire: England: National Hunt: 22 May 1899: 17 April 1915: Subsequently the site of RAF Hooton ...
This forms the basis of the current Pattern, which has since been subject to further changes in status and number of races, most recently for the 2023–24 season. [2] Major changes took place in the 2022–23 season when the Grade 3 handicaps were renamed Premier Handicaps and Listed handicaps were removed from the pattern, either becoming ...
The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. [1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation.
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