The Racing League returns to Sky Sports activities Racing this summer time, with seven groups competing to be topped champions over six weeks and over £2m in prize cash up for grabs.
Thursday evenings are reworked as extremely aggressive motion involves Yarmouth, Wolverhampton, Chepstow, Windsor, Newcastle and Southwell.
Final yr noticed Wales & The West regain their title as Saffie Osborne’s final-day treble secured victory over The East in second and London & The South in third. The 2023 champions Eire had been again in fourth.
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Saffie Osborne (pink cap) has been the Racing League main jockey for the final three years
What’s the Racing League?
First launched in 2021, the Racing League was shaped to convey a brand new staff side to horse racing and geared toward attracting a brand new viewers.
The seven groups, every made up of an preliminary group of six trainers and a choice of jockeys, compete in 42 races over the six conferences.
Eire
Supervisor: Mick Fitzgerald
Jockeys: Ashley Lewis, Billy Loughnane, Cieren Fallon, Clifford Lee, Danny Tudhope, Finley Marsh
Trainers: David O’Meara, George Boughey, Karl Burke, Mark Loughnane, Richard Hughes, Richard Spencer
Every staff has a supervisor who decides staff choice for every race and might enter two runners in every race, aside from Wolverhampton the place observe circumstances restrict the utmost discipline to 13 runners.
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Seven groups compete in 42 races with 100 factors up for grabs in each contest
This yr’s six conferences:
Race week 1 (July 24) – Nice Yarmouth
Race week 2 (July 31) – Wolverhampton
Race week 3 (August 7) – Chepstow
Race week 4 (August 14) – Windsor
Race week 5 (August 21) – Newcastle
Race week 6 (August 28) – Southwell
London & The South
Supervisor: Matt Chapman
Jockeys: Charlie Bishop, David Probert, Jack Doughty, Nicola Currie, Richard Kingscote, Sean Levey
Trainers: Andrew Balding, Charlie Hills, Daniel & Claire Kubler, Eve Johnson Houghton, Jack Channon, Richard Hannon
The way it works?
There are 100 factors up for grabs in every race, break up from first to tenth place, and the staff on the finish of the six weeks with probably the most factors might be topped this yr’s champions.
First place is awarded 25 factors, second place 18 factors and third 15 factors.
Scotland
Supervisor: Alex Steedman
Jockeys: Andrew Mullen, Jason Watson, Joe Fanning, Mason Paetel, Kevin Stott, Paul Mulrennan
Trainers: Charlie Johnston, Heather Most important, James Owen, Jim Goldie, Paul Midgley, William Knight
The identical factors system applies to jockeys, with £20,000 on provide for the jockey that scores probably the most particular person factors over the competitors.
There’s a £50,000 winner-takes-all prize for the successful staff and a £35,000 prize pool to the jockeys of the successful staff.
The East
Supervisor: Charlie Fellowes
Jockeys: Callum Shepherd, Daniel Muscutt, Harry Davies, Jack Mitchell, Kieran Shoemark, Luke Morris
Trainers: Charlie Fellowes, Dylan Cunha, James Fanshawe, Richard Newland & Jamie Insole, Roger Varian, Stuart Williams
The joker
Every staff supervisor can play a joker twice in the course of the competitors when there are not less than 12 horses operating in a race (or 11 at Wolverhampton).
The joker will double any factors received by that staff, however doesn’t apply to the jockey factors.
The North
Supervisor: Mick Quinn
Jockeys: Alistair Rowlinson, Ben Robinson, Cam Hardie, Connor Beasley, Jason Hart, Oisin Orr
Trainers: Brian Ellison, Hugo Palmer, Jennie Candlish, Michael Dods, Mick Appleby, Richard Fahey
The category of 2025
Twin Racing League winners Wales & The West are as soon as once more led by Jamie Osborne, with daughter Saffie searching for her fourth successive jockeys’ title.
Coach Charlie Fellowes steps as much as lead The East with skilled rider Luke Morris, Daniel Muscutt, Callum Shepherd and Kieran Shoemark all on the roster.
Wales & The West
Supervisor: Jamie Osborne
Jockeys: David Egan, Eddy Greatrex, Saffie Osborne, Sean D Bowen, Trevor Whelan, William Carver
Trainers: Clive Cox, Ed Walker, Harry Charlton, Ian Williams, Jamie Osborne, Michael Bell
Matt Chapman’s London & The South can lean on the star-studded stables of Andrew Balding and Richard Hannon, whereas former Newcastle United footballer Mick Quinn is again to handle The North.
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Former footballer Mick Quinn manages The North
There are two new managers this yr with Sky Sports activities Racing’s Mick Fitzgerald stepping in to characterize Eire, who’re as soon as once more bolstered by the inclusion of wonderkid Billy Loughnane.
Alex Steedman takes cost of Scotland, whereas Leonna Mayor returns with Yorkshire, who’re mixing expertise with youth of their jockey line-up.
Yorkshire
Supervisor: Leonna Mayor
Jockeys: David Allan, Jack Nicholls, Joanna Mason, Pj McDonald, Rossa Ryan, Silvestre de Sousa
Trainers: Adrian Keatley, Ed Bethell, James Tate, Mick & David Easterby, Paul Attwater, Tim Easterby
Watch all of the motion from Racing League reside on Sky Sports activities Racing from July 24.
