RACE In Disarray After 21 Job Losses And Jockeys’ Course Scrapped

The Racing Academy and Centre of Education (RACE), which has produced luminaries of the saddle like Johnny Murtagh, Seamie Heffernan, Chris Hayes and Shane Foley, has been forced to cull two thirds of its workforce in order to save the institution's future.

A massive 21 of the 31 staff have been told they are no longer needed at RACE and the decision is understood to have come as a major shock to the workforce.

The 10-month residential trainee jockey course, which has also been completed by top-notch jump jockeys such as Brian Hughes and Daryl Jacob, has been discontinued and replaced by three courses over shorter periods. In the case of all three new courses, the students will no longer live on the campus and the courses will no longer have an academic element.

The restructuring of the facility has been overseen by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and comes after accommodation blocks at RACE were closed last month due to safety concerns.

HRI appointed an interim CEO at RACE when such issues arose and, following a strict overhaul, just 10 staff will remain.

RACE is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but the future of the esteemed programme will look very different given students will no longer be based on site and the traditional jockeys' course has now been scrapped.

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Racing Welfare Marks Jumps Season Return with Virtual Events

Racing Welfare marks its jumps season return with a ‘Virtual West Open Day’ Sunday, Nov. 8.  Sponsored by Sporting Life, the Virtual West Open Day will offer video content from the region’s racehorse trainers as well as footage of racing’s premier horses, jockeys and personalities. Also featuring a jumps schooling session and insights from a vet and farrier on Instagram, the Virtual West Open Day will present a live point-to-point Facebook demo with Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson from Chaddesley Corbett. For more information on the Virtual West Open Day, visit www.racingwelfare.co.uk/westopenday/.

Additionally, a Virtual Jumps Season Preview Evening will be held Thursday, Nov. 12. Hosted by Racing TV’s Nick Luck, and with Sporting Life’s Michael Shinners and National Hunt analyst Dave Ord, who will be offering a guide on the markets, the evening provides a look ahead to Cheltenham’s November Meeting and the ensuing jumps season. Also joining the panel of experts is National Hunt jockey Daryl Jacob. The preview evening will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tickets are  £10 each. For more information, visit www.racingwelfare.co.uk/events/virtualjumpspreview.

All proceeds generated from the Virtual West Open Day and the Virtual Jumps Season Preview will benefit Racing Welfare’s COVID-19 Emergency Appeal. To find out more about the appeal go to www.justgiving.com/RWEmergencyAppeal.

 

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