The British Horseracing Authority (BHA), which governs and regulates British Racing, has approved a proposal from the Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) to allow bookmakers to sponsor individual jockeys.
The BHA will relax its Code of Conduct regarding sponsorship of professional jockeys by bookmakers on a trial basis.
Betting operators will now be permitted to sponsor individual jockeys, as opposed to the previous regulation which only permitted block sponsorship agreements involving 50 or more jockeys.
The changes come into [...]
