UK Racing Cancels All Meetings in Historic Protest Over Betting Tax Hike
British racing is staging an unprecedented, sport-wide stoppage to oppose the Government’s move to fold online betting duties into a single, higher band. For the first time in modern history, racecourses, owners, trainers and jockeys have refused to race, cancelling fixtures at Carlisle, Uttoxeter, Lingfield and Kempton on 10 September. Instead, leading figures are heading to Westminster […]
British racing is staging an unprecedented, sport-wide stoppage to oppose the Government’s move to fold online betting duties into a single, higher band. For the first time in modern history, racecourses, owners, trainers and jockeys have refused to race, cancelling fixtures at Carlisle, Uttoxeter, Lingfield and Kempton on 10 September. Instead, leading figures are heading to Westminster […]
