Racecourse Operator

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  Chester Race Company

  Chester Racecourse, The Roodee, Chester CH1 2LY, England, UK

  Chester Race Company Ltd is a British racecourse operator based at the Roodee in Chester, England, and the owner of two live horseracing venues in the UK betting economy: Chester Racecourse and Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse in North Wales. Chester is generally regarded as the oldest racecourse in England, with racing recorded on the Roodee since 1539, and its tight, left-handed circuit hosts the flat-racing season's early highlights including the three-day Boodles May Festival. Bangor-on-Dee adds a National Hunt programme across the Welsh border, making the company directly part of Welsh racing and the economic-impact narrative of that sport in Wales. The company is not a bookmaker or betting platform; it operates at the supply end of the gambling value chain, producing fixtures that licensed bookmakers and the Tote take bets on, and earning from the statutory Horserace Betting Levy and media-rights income through its shareholding in Racecourse Media Group. Away from racing, Chester Race Company runs conference, wedding, banqueting and corporate-hospitality operations from its Roodee site. Its combination of heritage racing, Welsh jumps racing and venue-based events makes it a distinct regional group in a sector otherwise dominated by large consolidators.

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  Arena Racing Company

  London, United Kingdom

  Arena Racing Company (ARC) is a British horse racing and betting-content group based in London, formed in 2012 when Arena Leisure and Northern Racing merged. It operates the largest racecourse portfolio in the UK by number of tracks, with more than 20 venues spanning England, Scotland and Wales, including Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Chepstow, Ffos Las, Uttoxeter, Bath, Brighton and Perth. ARC sits at the centre of British racing's betting economy: its fixtures generate wagering turnover for bookmakers, and the company sells live race pictures and data through The Racing Partnership, a joint venture with SIS. It also runs on-course self-service betting terminals at its tracks in partnership with Inspired Entertainment. The group's venues are used for year-round all-weather racing, jumps racing, flat racing, and non-raceday events such as conferences and hospitality. As well as being an influential member of the Racecourse Association, ARC participates in British Horseracing Authority consultations on prize money, media rights and the economic impact of racing. It is a supplier to betting operators rather than a consumer-facing iGaming brand.