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January 23, 2018
National Express signs on as official sponsor for The Jockey Club

Participating in this sponsorship deal:

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About Sponsor:

National Express is an intercity coach operator providing services throughout Great Britain. It is a subsidiary of National Express. Most services are subcontracted to local coach companies. The company's head office is in offices above the Birmingham Coach Station.

About Property:

The Jockey Club is the largest commercial organisation in British horseracing, however as it is governed by Royal Charter, all profits it makes are reinvested back into the sport. No longer responsible for the governance and regulation of British horseracing, today it owns 15 of Britain's famous racecourses, including Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and both the Rowley Mile and July Course in Newmarket, amongst other concerns such as the National Stud, and the property and land management company, Jockey Club Estates. The registered charity Racing Welfare is also a company limited by guarantee with the Jockey Club being the sole member.

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Image copyright Getty Images <p>Coach operator National Express has signed up as a sponsor of the horse racing operator the Jockey Club.<p>As well as running 15 racecourses the Jockey Club stages the high-profile Cheltenham Festival and Grand National meetings each year.<p>The firm will provide coach services direct to all major events in The Jockey Club's race calendar. <p>The size of the deal has not been revealed but it is understood to be a six figure sum.<p>Paul Fisher, boss of Jockey Club racecourses, said: "This is the first arrangement of its kind for [us]."<p>The new services will provide customers with drop off and pick up points from locations close to the racecourses.<p>National Express and the Jockey Club will also offer travel tickets and combined travel and racing packages to major events.<p>The Jockey Club is the largest commercial group in British horseracing. It is governed by Royal Charter, with all profits invested back into the sport.<p>Last month it announced it was extending its £25m racecourse bond, first issued in 2013 to help fund its major development at Cheltenham racecourse.
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