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£39,000,000The Racing Foundation works in partnership with the racing industry to help achieve a sustainable future for the sport.
We aim to develop understanding and action around the key charitable issues facing racing.
📰 Featured in the Racing Post
The Racing Foundation’s strategy for 2025–2027 is underway, with three key areas of focus:
🤝 Racing's people
🐎 Equine welfare
🌍 Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Read Industry Editor Bill Barber's piece in the Racing Post here:…
Watch our short film showcasing the crucial work we're doing with our partners to ensure former racehorses have a successful second career. This work would not be able to go ahead without generous one-year funding from the @RacingGrants and the John Pearce Foundation for our…
🗓️Mark your calendars! The Racing Foundation will be hosting its annual conference on Thursday 2nd October 2025 at York Racecourse.
🏇The conference gathers stakeholders from across horseracing to build understanding and prompt collaboration around some of the industry’s key…
We’re thrilled to announce that we've received a £321,000 grant from the @RacingGrants and the John Pearce Foundation for our ‘Improving the Framework to Support Horses’ First Step Out of Training’ project.
Working in partnership with @HEROSCharity, this one-year grant will…
The Racing Foundation and the John Pearce Foundation have together granted over £300,000 to @RoRlatest to improve the framework to support horses' first step out of training. Working in partnership with @HEROSCharity, this one-year grant will allow them to continue their work…
NEW: The Racing Foundation has funded a new initiative designed to support young people entering the racing industry by providing accommodation within a welcoming and supportive household environment.
Delivered by the Newmarket Charitable Foundation in partnership with the…
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The Racing Foundation, with the Association of Racecourse Veterinary Surgeons (ARVS), has funded 10 life-size, fully articulating training mannequins to support the training of racecourse veterinary and medical teams in the safe and effective movement of horses on course.…
In Case You Missed It: The Racing Foundation has launched a three-year strategy to support the delivery of its purpose to work in partnership with the racing industry to help achieve a sustainable future for the sport.
The document outlines the Racing Foundation’s position on…
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"Goodness knows how many people National Racehorse Week will end up inspiring."
Sally Lyons, Project Manager of the Racing Foundation-funded National Racehorse Week, has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to community engagement by winning the Community…
In 2012 the Racing Foundation was established to oversee the distribution of funds to charitable causes within the racing and thoroughbred industry following the sale of the Tote.
Since inception it has awarded over £39million in grants.
The British Horseracing Authority, the Thoroughbred Group and Racecourse Association are the three joint Members of the Racing Foundation, which is registered with the Charity Commission as a charity under the law of England and Wales (no. 1145297).
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