Format
7 Teams compete 42 races across 6 meetings for over £2m prize money
Ireland
London & The South
Scotland
The East
The North
Wales & The West
Yorkshire
Teams
Each team consists of:
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Team Manager - who will decide team selection for each race
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Group of trainers - representing the region. An initial 6 trainers are selected by each team and as the competition progresses the teams can draft in further trainers to add to the squad.
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Jockeys - selected by the team manager ride exclusively for one team during the competition
2025 Fixtures
Race week 1 - 24th July - Great Yarmouth
Race week 2 - 31st July - Wolverhampton
Race week 3 - 7th August - Chepstow
Race week 4 - 14th August - Windsor
Race week 5 - 21st August - Newcastle
Race week 6 - 28th August - Southwell
Races
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Each team will enter two runners in each race except for one at Wolverhampton
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Each race will have a field of 14 runners except the 7 races at Wolverhampton when each race will have a field of 13 runners
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All races are handicap with a range of ratings bands
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Race distances and Class/rating bands are to be confirmed
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BHA normal distribution for race prize money
Race distances
Each meeting will have 7 handicap races over a mixture of distances
Each Team Manager will have the opportunity to play a Joker in two of the 42 Racing League races when there are at least 12 horses running (or 11 horses running at Wolverhampton due to the restriction of 13 runners there).
The Joker will double the points won by the two horse representing the team in that race
* When played, the team will receive double points in the given race but it is not applied to individual jockey points.*
Prize Money:
Over £2m prize money is up for grabs
Prize money is distributed to owners, trainers, jockeys and yards as per standard BHA distribution
Plus an additional:
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£50,000 winner-takes-all prize for the winning team
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£35,000 prize pool to the winning team jockeys
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£20,000 to the jockey that scores the most individual points over the competition
Joker explained:
A new innovation introduced in Racing League 2022 allows each of the managers of the seven competing teams having the opportunity to play a Joker in any two of the 42 races when there are at least 12 horses running (or 11 horses running at Wolverhampton due to the restriction of 13 runners there).
The Joker doubles the points won by the two horses representing the team in a given race. When played, the team receives double points in that given race but it is not applied to individual jockey points.
The team manager will announce their intention to play a Joker in the Paddock, directly before the selected race. This is done by placing a Joker card alongside the team name on the scoreboard in the Paddock.