Horse racing came together to fight tax hikes. Now it must unite again Sport Business The Jockey Club’s chief executive’s recent rallying cry to British horse racing was bang on, writes Ed Warner. All successful sports have tentpole events, the occasions that attract attention well beyond hardcore fanbases and which drive profits that may (although not always) provide financial scaffolding for its lesser players and promoters. The Cheltenham Festival is [...]
Coral ditches Cheltenham Festival as Reeves tax rises on gambling bite Sport Business Betting giant Coral has ditched the Cheltenham Festival after over 50 years due to government taxes on gambling. Duty on UK horse racing wagers was exempted from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget last autumn but taxes on remote sports betting will be hiked from 15 per cent to 25 per cent in 2027. Coral’s parent firm [...]
Exclusive: Budweiser to challenge Heineken for Uefa Champions League deal Sport Business Uefa’s long-standing Champions League beer partners, Heineken, are facing competition from Budweiser for the contract to be the competition’s official suppliers from 2027 onwards. City AM has learned that Budweiser’s parent company, AB InBev, are willing to pay Uefa €200m per season, a significant increase on the €120m-a-year they are currently getting from Heineken. Budweiser [...]
Ladies Day, prosecco and cheaper Guinness: Cheltenham chiefs ring the changes September 23, 2025 Ladies Day will return to the iconic Cheltenham Festival next year for the first time since 2019 as female racegoer numbers surge, the Jockey Club has confirmed. The Gloucestershire racing meet, home to the Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup, switched from Ladies Day to Style Wednesday for the 2020 festival. But the Jockey Club has [...]
Jockey Club warns of Treasury ‘self-harm’ ahead of racing’s tax hike strike September 9, 2025 The Jockey Club has warned that the government is “walking into self-harm” if it pushes ahead with a tax hike on racing bets as the industry prepares for an unprecedented strike tomorrow. For the first time in its modern history, racing has voluntarily shelved all meetings due to take place on Wednesday – at Lingfield, [...]
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