Shocking Truth: British Racing Requires a Radical Overhaul

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 92 minutes

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William Woodhams, CEO of the world's oldest bookmaker Fitzdares, joins Emmet to discuss Nick Rust's warning that British racing needs a radical overhaul due to rising costs, international competition, declining participation, and the impact of affordability checks. We ask: if betting companies are paying British Racing £500 million a year for media rights alone, why is the prize money so poor? We also react to the parliamentary debate led by Matt Hancock and discuss the rise of black market betting sites and how Ireland is facing the prospect of losing both SKY Sports Racing and Racing TV. Why is no one talking about it? Venatour Racing Social: If your planning a racing trip to Europe or further afield, check out Venatour Racing Social for a large range of bespoke racing holidays at Venatour.co.uk Form Tools: Proform is the essential tool for punters looking to make money from betting on Horse Racing. Our form book covers Jumps and Flat racing in the UK and Ireland. https://www.proformracing.com/ Twitter: @FinalFurlongPod Email: radioemmet@gmail.com In association with Adelicious Podcast Network. Hosted on Megaphone. Follow us for free on Spotify Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/3e6NnBkr7MBstVx5U7lpld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome along to the Final Frontend Podcast.
0:03.2	I'm Emma McKenna, it is great to have your company, and I'm delighted to say that we've
0:06.5	a special guest on the show.
0:07.6	It is the CEO of one of the Poshists, but also best bookmakers in the UK, William Woodham's
0:13.8	from Fitzgerald.
0:14.8	Welcome to the podcast.
0:15.8	It's not the first time I've been described as special, so thank you.
0:19.8	By the way, I've just been told by producer Trish that I've balls this up already.
0:25.8	I mean, this is record time.
0:27.9	We played the wrong theme.
0:29.5	Okay.
0:30.5	There we go, that's more like it.
0:35.3	It's been a fairly manic time in the racing world, and we just had the former BHH, if
0:40.7	executive Nick Rost, outlining what he sees as the big dangers for the long term future
0:45.8	of British racing.
0:46.8	I was quite impressed with what he had to say, actually, I think Nick is somebody who
0:50.7	is the capacity to bring this sport together, but he had some very interesting ideas about
0:55.0	how to fix the current situation.
0:57.3	What was your reaction to what he had to say?
0:59.4	I think he was pretty much universally popular, and I think most people were disappointed when
1:04.6	he left the BHA, and I think he brings some of that bookmaker's sensibility, if that's
1:11.2	such a thing, exists, and an understanding of the funding of the sport, plus was very
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