British racing prizemoney

Jockey Club Racecourses will distribute more than £58-million in prizemoney across its 15 racecourses in 2022, up £12-million from this year. The recorded purses will include the organisation's largest-ever budgeted executive contribution of £28.4-million. The average prizemoney per fixture will be a record £172,000. Jockey Club Racecourses will stage 338 fixtures in 2022. Nevin Truesdale, chief executive of The Jockey Club, said, "The pandemic has been an incredible challenge that we have had to meet head-on. We still cannot be certain about what 2022 will bring, but we have enough...

Ascot Racecourse will offer record prizemoney of £15.64-million across its flat and jumps programmes in 2022, up nearly £2-million (14.4%) on 2019, the last year that planned prizemoney was distributed before the pandemic. These figures exclude the industry partnership QIPCO British Champions Day. Royal Ascot on June 14 to 18 will offer £8,652,500, up 18% on 2019. Royal Ascot Tuesday will be the meeting's first-ever card to reach £2-million in prizemoney, and the G1 Prince of Wales's S. and the G1 Platinum Jubilee S. (formerly the Diamond Jubilee S.) will...

The Jockey Club Racecourses will make an executive contribution of £3.7-million to the purses at its racecourses through the final four months of 2020. The purse boost will ensure that most class one to three races will be worth 80% of their pre-pandemic value, and none less than 75%. Purses have still been dealt a significant blow, however; total purses for the 112 fixtures from September to December at Jockey Club Racecourses will be £13.5-million, down from an originally projected £16.38-million. The Jockey Club Racecourses is expected to see its...