Bonus Races and Qualifiers

The European Breeders’ Fund (EBF) supports enhanced prize-money throughout Europe.  Nominated horses can enter EBF races throughout their entire racing career.  The majority of maiden two-year-old races in Great Britain, Ireland, France, and Germany are programmed for EBF-eligible horses.

Great British Bonus (GBB) is a prize scheme for the breeders and owners of British-bred Flat and Jumps horses that successfully race in Great Britain. Owners, breeders and the winning connections of each horse can win up to £20,000 per eligible race.

The scheme is open to GB-bred fillies and mares on both the Flat and over the Jumps who qualify under the following categories:

• 100% GBB - up to £20,000 bonus. Foals born in GB, sired by stallions standing in GB.
• 50% GBB - up to £10,000 bonus. Foals born in GB, sired by stallions standing abroad.

For More information or to register go to: greatbritishbonus.co.uk

The Jockey Club’s Grassroots Series provides opportunities for horses operating below the highest level to compete for substantial prize money and is a series that has been well supported in previous years.

All the qualifiers are either Class 4, Class 5 or Class 6 races with the finals open to all qualifiers.

Qualification for the respective finals requires horses to have run in a minimum of one qualification race throughout the season, of which there are at least 16 staged across Jockey Club Racecourses in each series (80 qualifiers in total).

The London Qualifying Series’ at Kempton Park this year will have two new categories.

• London Stayers’ Series, which culminates with an Open Final on Wednesday 7th December for £80,000.
• London Sprint Series, culminating with an Open Final on Wednesday 9th November for £80,000.

The introduction of these two new series complements the current successful London Mile and London Middle Distance versions, the finals of which are also worth £80,000.

London Middle Distance Qualifiers

(Further qualifiers will be added once the programme for the remainder of the year has been published)

London Mile Series

All horses which Start in these races, as defined in the Rules of Racing, will be eligible to enter THE LONDON MILE HANDICAP STAKES (LONDON MILE SERIES FINAL) to be run over about One Mile at Kempton Park on 3 September, 2022, with a Total Race Value of £80,000. In the event of the abandonment of this qualifying race, any horse which has been declared to run in this race, or any horse entered to run in this race if the time of the abandonment was prior to the declaration stage, will be qualified to enter the Final. Any horse which has been eliminated from this qualifying race will also be eligible, subject to the Rules of Racing, to enter the Final.

London Mile Series Qualifiers

(Full list of qualifiers)

London Sprint Series

All horses which Start in these races, as defined in the Rules of Racing, will be eligible to enter THE LONDON SPRINT HANDICAP STAKES (LONDON SPRINT SERIES FINAL) to be run over about Six Furlongs at Kempton Park on 9 November, 2022, with a Total Race Value of £80,000. In the event of the abandonment of this qualifying race, any horse which has been declared to run in this race, or any horse entered to run in this race if the time of the abandonment was prior to the declaration stage, will be qualified to enter the Final. Any horse which has been eliminated from this qualifying race will also be eligible, subject to the Rules of Racing, to enter the Final.

London Sprint Series Qualifiers

(Full list of qualifiers)

London Stayers’ Series

All horses which Start in these races, as defined in the Rules of Racing, will be eligible to enter THE LONDON STAYERS’ HANDICAP STAKES (LONDON STAYERS’ SERIES FINAL) to be run over about One Mile at Kempton Park on 7 December, 2022, with a Total Race Value of £80,000. In the event of the abandonment of this qualifying race, any horse which has been declared to run in this race, or any horse entered to run in this race if the time of the abandonment was prior to the declaration stage, will be qualified to enter the Final. Any horse which has been eliminated from this qualifying race will also be eligible, subject to the Rules of Racing, to enter the Final.

London Stayers’ Series Qualifiers

(Further qualifiers will be added once the programme for the remainder of the year has been published)

SKYBET SERIES RETURNS WITH OWNER BONUS
 

The Sky Bet Sunday Series returns even bigger and better this year, with the organisers revealing that an additional £250,000 of bonuses and prizes will be on offer for jockeys, apprentices, trainers, owners, and stable staff.

That’s on top of the bumper £1.2m of prize money already on offer across the six fixtures which are all shown in their entirety on a late Sunday afternoon slot on terrestrial television on ITV4, as well as Racing TV.

The bonuses and prizes linking the Sky Bet Sunday Series include:

• £100,000 to the owner of the first horse to win three races in the Series
• £100,000 to the first jockey to ride seven winners in the Series
• £25,000 to the first trainer to train seven winners in the Series
• Stable Staff prizes to the three leading stables with guaranteed prizes of £10,000 (1st), £3,000 (2nd) and £2,000 (3rd), based on points from winners, seconds, thirds and runners
• Prize for winning apprentice (based on most wins/places in the Series), including a 12-month sponsorship from Sporting Life (worth £5k) and Media training/internship with Racing TV
• Enhanced Best Turned Out: £250 per race (split for 1st, 2nd and 3rd) for all races in the Series

The Sky Bet Sunday Series is open to all trainers who have horses eligible for the race conditions.

Sales races are specific races which are confined to horses purchased at a particular auction.  The conditions for each vary, but a common feature is that entries for these races generally close several months before they take place, usually before a horse’s ability is known, and the entry fees are generally high.

The race conditions will set out the forfeit stages where connections have to either opt-out of the race to avoid any more charges, or stay in and pay the next entry stage.

Although prize-money on offer is high and offers rich rewards for prize-winners, the sponsor’s contribution is generally low, with almost all the prize-money contributed by owners’ entry fees. 

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