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What is the Racing League? The Format, Teams & Fixtures For 2021

7 May, 2021

Racing League LogoBrand new onto the British flat racing scene is the Racing League.

Starting in July 2021 and lasting for six weeks, the Racing League will feature 12 teams going up against each other every Thursday night. Racing League evenings will consist of 6 races, each with a purse of some £50,000 in total.

As well as fighting for what is very good prize money, the teams are also battling for a total of 100 points in the competition.

With £2million up for grabs and a new format to tackle, it is hoped that the Racing League will inject fresh enthusiasm to flat racing in Britain and it is thought that the format can grow over the next few years to incorporate even bigger prizes money, more participants, and classier horses.

Competition Format

Horses Racing Into the Home Straight

Twelve teams will take part overall in the 36 races, all of which are handicap events. The races are run under normal BHA rules and so the handicap marks (official ratings) of each of the horses is as normal.

Teams consist of 2-4 trainers, 3 jockeys who can ride only for that team during the League, a string of 30 horses and a Team Manager who decides the selections for each race.

Points are handed out in each race ranging from 25 for the winner down to a single point for 10th place. Quite simply, the team with the most overall points after the 36 league races wins the title.

Races

Horse Race Starting Gate Showing Berths 7 to 13

All Racing League events are handicap races, open to those aged three-years-old and over. Horses must have a handicap mark of 0-90.

Teams can enter one runner in each race, with fields to have no fewer than 12 runners. Races carry a prize fund of £50,000, paid as normal to owners, trainers and jockeys.

As well as the total race prize fund, the Racing League champions will also get a winning bonus to share among their team.

Racing League events will be run over 5 furlongs, 6 furlongs, 7 furlongs, a mile, a mile-and-a-quarter and a mile-and-a-half.

Teams

Although the horses are as yet confirmed for the inaugural Racing League, the team trainers are known for the 2021 competition and shape up like this:

Team 1

Trainer Stable Location
Andrew Balding Highclere, Hampshire
Richard Hannon East Everleigh, Wiltshire

Balding trains at Kingsclere in Hampshire and was of course responsible for handling 2000 Guineas winner Kameko among others.

Hannon trains in Wiltshire and has a massive string, his strong stable having initially been inherited from his father, Richard Hannon Sr. He is also a 2000 Guineas-winning trainer.

Team 2

Trainer Stable Location
George Baker Chiddingfold, Surrey
David Menuisier Pulborough, West Sussex
Gary Moore Lower Beeding, West Sussex
Amanda Perrett Pulborough, West Sussex

Surrey-based Baker has trained over 70 winners on the flat over the last five years, while French-born Menuisier is based in West Sussex and has been making great strides among the training ranks.

Dual-purpose trainer Gary Moore is responsible for horses such as Goshen over jumps, while sons Ryan Moore, Josh Moore and Jamie Moore are all prominent jockeys. Daughter Hayley is also a popular figure on Sky Sports Racing.

Also based in Sussex is Amanda Perrett, daughter of top handler Guy Harwood and a very competent trainer in her own right having won the Northumberland Plate, the Chester Cup and the Ebor among other things.

Team 3

Trainer Stable Location
Tim Easterby Great Habton, North Yorkshire
Richard Fahey Musley Bank, North Yorkshire

Two of Yorkshire’s biggest and most popular trainers team up here. The former, nephew of prominent trainer Mick Easterby, trained Group 1 winners such as Bollin Eric, Pipalong, Fayr Jag and Somnus.

Richard Fahey is another handler boasting a huge string of horses, and was responsible in the past for such high-profile winners as Ribchester and Sands Of Mali. Fahey has trained numerous Group 1 winners.

Team 4

Trainer Stable Location
Tom Clover Newmarket, Suffolk
Charlie Fellowes Newmarket, Suffolk
Hugo Palmer Newmarket, Suffolk
George Scott Newmarket, Suffolk

This is essentially the Newmarket team, all four trainers being based at HQ. Clover has more than 60 winners to his name over the last 5 years while Charlie Fellowes is quickly becoming a top name. Fellowes now trains at the famous Bedford House Stables, formerly home to Luca Cumani.

Palmer has been training at Newmarket since 2011 and has sent out numerous Group winners, while Scott has won over £800,000 in prize money over the past five years.

Team 5

Trainer Stable Location
Roger Charlton Beckhampton, Wiltshire
Alan King Barbury Castle, Wiltshire
Martyn Meade Manton, Wiltshire
Brian Meehan Manton, Wiltshire

The all Wiltshire-based team is headed by Roger Charlton who has been a top name on the scene for many years now, training horses for the likes of Khalid Abdullah. Charlton has won a Derby, a Fillies’ Mile and an Eclipse among other things.

Alan King is a terrific dual-purpose trainer who sends out regular flat handicap and jumps race winners, Meade is another Group 1 winner while Meehan trains very nearby and was responsible for Champion Stakes and Eclipse winner David Junior.

Team 6

Trainer Stable Location
Donnacha O’Brien Rosegreen, County Tipperary
Joseph O’Brien Owning Hill, County Kilkenny

The famous brothers both rode world-class stars for father Joseph O’Brien, and are now very successful Group 1-winning trainers in their own right. The O’Brien’s will help to give the competition a more Irish bent.

Team 7

Trainer Stable Location
Mick Appleby Oakham, Rutland
Michael Dods Denton, County Durham
Paul Midgley Westow, North Yorkshire
David O’Meara Upper Helmsley, North Yorkshire

This team made up of very prominent trainers from the midlands, Yorkshire and County Durham is led by Mick Appleby. A prolific winner, Appleby sends out many handicap winners on the all-weather over the winter months while Paul Midgley has saddled more than 140 winners over the last five years.

Michael Dods is a bona fide Group 1 trainer, great with sprinters, while O’Meara has a huge team of horses and will no doubt be responsible for plenty of the team’s points.

Team 8

Trainer Stable Location
Clive Cox Lambourn, Berkshire
Nicky Henderson Upper Lambourn, Berkshire
Charlie Hills Lambourn, Berkshire
Jamie Osborne Upper Lambourn, Berkshire

This is an interesting team. While Clive Cox has been making great strides with his juveniles and Group 1 performers, Nicky Henderson has been busy pumping out the Grade 1 winners over the jumps.

Charlie Hills is the man responsible for the world’s best sprinter, Battaash, while Jamie Osborne likes to travel the world in search of bigger prize money but is more than capable of landing a blow here.

Team 9

Trainer Stable Location
Michael Bell Newmarket, Suffolk
Ed Dunlop Newmarket, Suffolk
James Fanshawe Newmarket, Suffolk
Roger Varian Newmarket, Suffolk

This is a team chock full of real quality. Another Newmarket bunch, these trainers have been responsible for countless winners through the years. Bell won the Derby with Motivator, Dunlop the Oaks with Ouija Board and Snow Fairy while Fanshawe has won two Haydock Sprint Cups.

Roger Varian took over from old boss Michael Jarvis in 2011 and has gone on to great success, winning two Coronation Cups, a St Leger and a Dewhurst.

Team 10

Trainer Stable Location
Mick Channon West Ilsley, Berkshire
Paul & Oliver Cole Whatcombe, Oxon
Eve Johnson Houghton Blewbury, Oxon
Hughie Morrison East Ilsley, Berkshire

Another team full to the brim with winners. Channon has a notoriously large string to pick from, the Cole’s are now training successfully under a dual licence, Eve Johnson Houghton was the trainer of the brilliant Accidental Agent, and Hughie Morrison has a terrific racing background.

Team 11

Trainer Stable Location
Philippe Decouz Chazey-sur-Ain, France
Gavin Hernon Chantilly, France
Edouard Monfort Merve, Luche-Pringe, France

All three trainers in this team are based in France and will be adding some Gallic flavour. Increasingly in the past few years we’ve seen more and more French raiders in Britain, especially on Lingfield’s All-Weather Championships Finals Day at Easter and long may it continue.

Team 12

Trainer Stable Location
Robert Cowell Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire
John & Thady Gosden Newmarket, Suffolk
Sir Mark Prescott Newmarket, Suffolk
David Simcock Newmarket, Suffolk

Once again all from Newmarket or thereabouts, this team really is one to watch. Cowell can be prolific and sends out multiple sprint winners, Sir Mark Prescott is a past master at getting horses to win multiple races from lower handicap marks, and Simcock is no slouch.

The jewel in the crown however is the Gosden team. John has been sending out winners for years, including Enable, Stradivarius, Golden Horn and many others. As of this year he will be operating under a dual licence with son Thady.

Tracks & Fixtures

A total of four racecourses will host Racing League fixtures, namely Doncaster, Lingfield Park, Newcastle and Windsor. This means a variation in the track layouts and surfaces as well as mixing the fixtures up between the North and the South.

Racing League organisers are looking to create an all-day festival atmosphere, with local bands and DJ’s being booked to play and the stars of the track meeting racegoers during the events. Fixtures for 2021 are laid out like this:

Racing League 2021 Fixtures

Raceday Date Course Time
1 Thursday 29th July Newcastle Evening
2 Thursday 5th August Doncaster Evening
3 Thursday 12th August Lingfield Evening
4 Thursday 19th August Windsor Evening
5 Thursday 26th August Lingfield Evening
6 Thursday 2nd September Newcastle Evening

This really is a great innovation. While the Breeders’ Cup is a genuine top-class event in the States and the Dubai Carnival has proven to be very successful in the UAE, Britain as yet hasn’t settled on a format that can bring in a new crowd.

Ascot’s Shergar Cup day is a team event but hasn’t really captured the imagination or been given the support of the biggest trainers every year, though it seems the Racing League has already managed to reel in some of the biggest names in the sport to be involved.

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