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The UK betting market on racing is in decline
Japan bets nearly twice as much on racing as Britain does: £21.5bn a year against £11.0bn.
Hong Kong, with a population of about 7.5 million, bets more than Britain too.
What Japan and Hong Kong have in common is that racing runs the betting. The pools belong to the sport, and the takeout goes back into prize money and racecourses.
If British racing owned its own pool or exchange, would you bet with it?
Follow @mindmodeller for more on where racing's money goes.
@RacingPost @racingoncourse #horseracing @BHAHorseracing @japan_racing
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Has racing really come to this? It's time we grabbed our own destiny rather than become subservient, like the BHA has, to an exploitative industry. Full article to follow later.
@BHAHorseracing @RacehorseOwners @NTFnews @TheOwnerBreeder #budget26
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Timeform was built on an idea that was genuinely radical for its time: that a horse's merit could be expressed, with mathematical discipline, as a rating in pounds. Phil Bull, a Yorkshire mathematician and formidably successful professional gambler, teamed up with Dick Whitford
@RowleyfileRRR @Catters61 @gcunning12 @Timeform
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Has this man's single minded pursuit of what's best for ARC, a position which has undermined his relationship with other ractracks, the regulator and even the bookmakers-on who's sponsorship and rights he so depends?
Enough is enough Martin. It isn't all about you and bloody ARC. You're causing an immense amount of damage
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You asked me for honesty
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This interview on @bbcnewsnight with @vicderbyshire is an absolute car crash for Andy Burnham. All over the place. No clue about 'fiscal rules', tetchy, unable to answer basic questions. Why do some people see him as the Messiah who can save Labour?
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Just a reminder: David Armstrong was a member of the @BHAHorseracing Board. He had the position, influence and opportunity to raise, push or back all the things he says the sport should do.
A brilliant interview from the @RacingPost with David Armstrong. Mr Armstrong talks a lot of sense. With the @BHAHorseracing having lived with no leader for years now (how can they have let it drag on this long?!), might he apply to be their ceo?
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HMRC opens investigation into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/ne…
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Really excellent blog and completely agree. Ed's statement "we've been collaborating our way towards oblivion for a decade"is spot on. Racing needs aggressive leadership that genuinely confronts the challenges not more collaborative knitting circles.
The tipping point is here. 2025 has shown us where the current path leads. The question is no longer whether racing faces an existential crisis.The question is whether anyone has the strength of character to do what survival requires.
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@MCYeeehaaa @nickluck @attheraces @itvracing #HorseRacing #BritishRacing #RacingTwitter
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Why would anyone bet with gambling companies who behave in the manner which was described to me today about William Hill?
Perhaps they could explain to the general public who might want to bet in there shops why they behave in this manner- or even if they contend the punter who spoke to me was simply lying
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No fewer than four research firms have been enlisted for this noble quest to understand why Derek from Doncaster spends his child’s milk money on Albanian greyhound races at 3 a.m
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@gondorffhenry @GBRacing @HbfBritain @proform_racing @geoffbanksbet
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The Only Thing Being Handicapped in 2025 Is the Bettor — Welcome to the Fixed Fight Called British Racing.
@nickluck @RacingTV @RacingPost @jranoyes
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BREAKING NEWS
On the day of Keir Starmer’s big fightback against Reform UK, 250 young men are already crossing the Channel by 8am.
How many are Iranian terrorists?
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Somewhere along the way, the government and its corporate enforcers decided that you are simply too stupid to be left in charge of your own life.
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@reformparty_uk #FreeSpeech @GamRegGB @BetGameCouncil @CaanBerryTrader @HbfBritain @davidstarkeyCBE @RupertLowe10
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The latest Terms and Conditions from Coral and Entain. If anyone bets with these guys still, thy must be off their trolley or problem gamblers. Thay can keep asking for more and more
@racingpost should ban their adverts and all racing punters should boycott IMO
#GamblingTwitter #GamblingCommunity
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Starmer knew the truth about Southport. He withheld that information and labelled ordinary concerned citizens far right. He stoked the flames by insulting the people of this country. He is a disgrace, the only honourable thing for him to do is resign.
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Imagine an Epsom Derby winner taking financial advice from the owner of Loaded magazine and a veteran of certain “specialist films,”
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#HorseRacing #frankie #hmrc @TheOwnerBreeder @BarstewardsThe @FinalFurlongPod
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No discussion about who controls horseracing is complete without looking at the media machine propping it all up.
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@OwnersforOwners @TheRCA @RadioEmmet @nickluck @BHAHorseracing #HorseRacing #racingclub