HOW YOU CAN RAISE OVER £1700 FROM YOUR RACE NIGHT

This example is based on seventy people attending with an eight race card, eight horses per race programme and is not a guaranteed outcome.

RACE SPONSORSHIP ( @ £25 per race) = £200

Get a local business or club member to sponsor a race. They will have a race named after their business printed on the race card.

HORSE OWNERSHIP ( @ £10 per horse) = £640

Sell each horse and get the owners name printed on the race card. The winning owner is presented with a prize on the night (e.g. a bottle of wine).

ADVERTISING ( @ £100) = £100

Get a local business to advertise on the back of the race card. They must provide artwork/logo etc.

TOTE TICKET SALES ( @ £1 per ticket) = £420

Based on each person spending an average of £1.50 on each race, with your organisation keeping 50%.

AUCTION RACE ( @ £30 bid per horse) = £120

Sell each horse to the highest bidder on one or more races, give 50% of the total to the winning owner and 50% to your funds. A normal tote would also operate on an auction race.

TRICAST TICKET SALES ( @ £1 per ticket) = £236

An A4 sheet of paper (which can be enlarged to A3 size) containing 336 boxes with pre-printed numbered combinations representing the numbers of the first three horses across the line in one of the races. The tickets can be sold in advance of your event. The correct combination number holder wins £100, giving your charity or club £236. (If you don’t sell all the tricast boxes, give 1/3 of the tricast money raised and keep the remaining 2/3 for your funds). Usually one tricast race is run per event, but it is possible to run more than one sheet if all the ticket are sold.

ADMISSION TICKETS ( @ £2) = £140

To ensure good attendance sell admission tickets in advance of your event – people are more likely to turn out, even in atrocious weather, if they have already paid for a ticket.

LOSERS PRIZE

Your guests write their names on the back of their losing tote tickets and drop them in a box that is placed next to the tote table. At the end of the evening a ticket is pulled from the box and the lucky ticket holder wins a prize eg. a bottle of wine. The result is no discarded tickets on the floor or tables and the whole audience stays until the end!

GRAND TOTAL = £1856.00

All the above percentages and suggestions are variable and optional. In addition you can sell the races cards, hold a raffle and of course you have a captive audience for the bar.

We cannot guarantee you will make the amounts above, but with careful planning and a reasonable audience you should cover your cost and also make a good profit.