Speed Bonus for ROA members
Exclusive £100,000 bonus prize is planned for ROA members - ‘Speed Bonus’ set for Goodwood on September 13 – fastest horse, distance-adjusted, wins!
ROA members could win a bonus prize of £100,000 as part of an exciting new raceday at Goodwood.
The ‘Speed Bonus’ will be held at Goodwood on Sunday, September 13 and will overlay an eight-race card.
The performance of each winner on the day will be assessed using the criteria of the Racing Post’s standard time analysis.
The horse that takes the Speed Bonus prize – and it must be owned by an ROA member – will be the one that has posted the best time on the day. The distance of each race will be taken into account, so that the winner will not necessarily come from the day’s shortest – and quickest – race.
Current plans suggest the bonus will be split so that the winning owner receives 80%, the trainer 10%, the jockey 5% and the stable 5% also.
Initially, Goodwood wanted to stage a raceday exclusive to horses owned by ROA members, but that could not be sanctioned by the BHA because of competition issues.
ROA President Paul Dixon said: “Once we heard about the proposal from Goodwood, the ROA has picked up the initiative with great enthusiasm.”
Goodwood’s Managing Director Rod Fabricius said: “It is a little bit of innovation that we have tried to work around a traditional racecard, so that what I would call the ‘middle England’ type of owner has the chance to win a very substantial prize indeed.”