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I wish it could be OBX every day…
MONTHS of planning, with everything delivered and in place by midnight on Christmas Eve: it could be the schedule for Father Christmas and his team of elfin helpers. This, though,…
Posts for 2019
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Open for All at Ascot Racecourse
Racecourse initiatives have their foundation in a wide variety of sources, and many are increasingly emanating from outside the sport. The introduction at Ascot this year of a sunflower lanyard…
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Pontefract Crowned Showcase Champions
The Racecourse Association is delighted to announce that Pontefract Racecourse has been crowned Showcase Champion for 2019 at the tenth annual RCA Showcase & Awards. Held this year at Hamilton…
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RCA Supports Responsible Gambling Week 2019
The Racecourse Association has signed up to support Responsible Gambling Week, an industry-wide campaign to trigger a national conversation about what it means to gamble responsibly. Responsible Gambling Week 2019,…
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Southwell and the Three Fs
MOST senior racecourse executives thumb through the operating manual from A to Z. In the case of Southwell, executive director Mark Clayton seems to have been stuck on the letter…
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Showcase & Awards 2019 Finalists Revealed
Musselburgh Racecourse lead the way into the tenth RCA Showcase & Awards with four nominations. Following a day of intense deliberation by the six-strong expert panel of judges, Musselburgh were…
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Petra Gough Wins RCA Outstanding Achievement Award
The Racecourse Association is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award is Petra Gough of Sandown Park Racecourse. Petra has been an integral part of…
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Racecourse Groundstaff Awards 2019 Winners Announced
The Racecourse Association (RCA) is delighted to announce the winners of the Racecourse Groundstaff Awards for 2019. Sponsored by Pitchcare, Watt Fences and Fornells, the award winners were decided by…
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From God’s Own County
Greater than the sum of the parts: the principle behind Go Racing In Yorkshire resonates just as strongly now as it did when luminaries including Norman Gundill MBE and John…
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Racecourse in Focus- From Coal to Course
In the heart of rural Carmarthenshire lies what many local racegoers like to refer to as ‘the hidden gem of Welsh racing’. Ffos Las Racecourse, formerly an open-cast coal mine,…