ARC partner with Venatour Racing to enhance their Annual Members’ experience, along with additional benefits.
Arena Racing Company (“ARC”), operator of sixteen racecourses across Britain today announce a new partnership with Venatour Racing, a leading horse racing travel and marketing company.
Venatour offers the world of horse racing like never before, with their bespoke tours offering unparalleled access to the sport's most thrilling events and iconic venues.
Venatour meticulously design their tours for both seasoned enthusiasts and curious newcomers. From VIP hospitality packages to intimate tours of renowned stables, their personally curated adventures provide a unique blend of luxury and excitement.
ARC have joined forces with Venatour to enhance their popular Annual Membership experience, which offers access to every racecourse across the group, alongside the exclusive facilities at the Members’ home track. Annual Membership at any ARC racecourse offers each Member over 500 racing per year, representing fantastic value.
In addition to access across the group, ARC and Venatour will enhance the Annual Membership experience for Annual Members with events such as stable visits, coach tours, guest speakers and tipping competitions as well as a Venatour discount on all overseas tours.
Venatour Racing offer racing tours across the globe with the Dubai World Cup, Breeders Cup, Arc De Triomphe, Punchestown Festival, Melbourne Cup, Hong Kong and the Pardubice being the most well know, but also specialising on the more unique racecourses including St Moritz (White Turf), Merano, Cape Town, Chantilly, Deauville and Bad Harzburg to name but a few.
Mark Spincer, Managing Director of Arena Racing Company’s Racing Division said, “Annual Membership at our Racecourses is well known for offering fantastic value to our most regular racegoers. Announcing this partnership with Venatour we aim to add more value for our Members and offer them even greater access to the sport.”
Marc Blackford, Director of Venatour Racing Social, said: “We are delighted to have partnered with Arena Racing Company and looking forward to engaging with their members and enhancing the membership experience across all 16 racecourses.”
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Sam Cone Head of Communications and Public Affairs
Arena Racing Company
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About ARC:
Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) is the largest racecourse operator in the UK.
ARC is made up of the following sixteen racecourses: Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Doncaster, Ffos Las, Fontwell Park, Great Yarmouth, Hereford, Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Royal Windsor, Sedgefield, Southwell, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton and Worcester.
In addition to racecourses ARC owns Central Park, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sunderland and Perry Barr Greyhound Stadia and looks after the media interests of the Greyhound Media Group (“GMG”).
ARC runs four of the six all-weather racecourses in the UK offering two different types of surface for horses to run on: Polytrack at Lingfield Park and tapeta at Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton Racecourses – the only tapeta racing surfaces in Europe.
In 2013 ARC pioneered the All-Weather Championships which see horses compete throughout the winter for the chance of qualifying for £1,000,000 Finals Day on Good Friday at Newcastle, and the All-Weather Vase at Lingfield Park.
ARC hosts racing at all levels of the sport from Class 6 through to Group 1s. Doncaster Racecourse is home to the world’s oldest Classic, the Betfred St Leger, run each year in September as part of the four-day Betfred St Leger Festival as well as the final Group 1 of the year in Britain, the William Hill Futurity Trophy. Feature jumps races include the Grade 1 Bet MGM Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle Racecourse, the Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow Racecourse and Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter Racecourse. 2024 will see the return of jump racing to Royal Windsor Racecourse, with the inaugural Berkshire Winter Million Festival taking place in January 2025 in conjunction with Ascot Racecourse.
As well as racing, ARC also operates a hotel at Wolverhampton Racecourse, a hotel and golf course at Lingfield Park and The Border Minstrel public house at Newcastle Racecourse in the grounds of Gosforth Park. The Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse opened in September 2018.
ARC plays a pivotal role in British Racing. It is a shareholder in British Champions Series and Racecourse Data Company and is represented on the boards of the Racecourse Association (“RCA”), Great British Racing (“GBR”) and British Champion Series (“BCS”).
ARC also holds an interest in Sky Sports Racing (telecasting UK and International racing into UK & Irish homes along with streaming integrations with 50 bookmakers), The Racing Partnership (broadcasting UK horse and greyhound racing into the LBO market) as well international media production business Vermantia, Britbet (UK racecourse wagering company), i-Neda (international wagering and totalisator company) and Racecourse Data Company (licensing and control of Pre-Race Data).
Further information about ARC can be found at www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk.
