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The £1,000,000 All-Weather Bonus
The £1,000,000 All-Weather Bonus

The All-Weather Bonus

For a full breakdown of all the winners in the ARC £1,000,000 All-Weather Bonus across the 2023/24 season, please click here.

ARC is delighted to confirm the renewal of the landmark £1,000,000 Bonus Scheme to be won throughout the winter at Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton Racecourses in 2023, up to Easter 2025.

From 22 October to Good Friday 18 April 2025, over £1,000,000 will once again be available to owners, trainers, jockeys and racing staff connected with the most consistent performers at ARC’s four all-weather racecourses.

Every horse running on an ARC all-weather racecourse during this period will receive points for finishing in the top five.

  • 1st - 5 points
  • 2nd - 4 points
  • 3rd - 3 points
  • 4th - 2 points
  • 5th - 1 point

HORSE OF THE MONTH

Each month during the season, the horse with the most points will win the Horse of the Month bonus, along with the second and third placed horses.

In October & November and December's Horse of The Month competitions, a total pot of £35,000 will be available to win. January's Horse of The Month competition will join February and March with £70,000 available. 

Prizes won in each of the five Horse of The Month competition will be allocated 87.5% to the owner of the horse, and 12.5% to the trainer.

1st 2nd 3rd
October & November £20,000 £10,000 £5,000
December £20,000 £10,000 £5,000
January £40,000 £20,000 £10,000
February £40,000 £20,000 £10,000
March & April £40,000 £20,000 £10,000

Horses will accrue points for the Horse of the Month competition on the first three runs during each period.

An additional bonus prize will go to the Racing Staff associated with the first, second and third placed horses in each of the five Horse of The Month competitions. 

1st £5,000
2nd £3,500
3rd £1,500

HORSE OF THE YEAR

At the end of the season, the horse with the most points overall will win a bonus of £100,000, with further bonus prizes down to 20th overall place. 

The bonus will be allocated 87.5% to the owner of the horse, and 12.5% to the trainer.

1st £100,000
2nd £75,000
3rd £50,000
4th £45,000
5th £42,500
6th £40,000
7th £37,500
8th £35,000
9th £32,500
10th £30,000
11th £27,500
12th £25,000
13th £22,500
14th £20,000
15th £18,500
16th £16,500
17th £14,500
18th £12,000
19th £11,000
20th £10,000

Horses will accrue points for the Horse of the Year competition on a maximum of fifteen runs across the season, with points allocated to the first three runs in any given monthly period, as set out below.

RACECOURSE JOCKEY BONUSES

At the end of the season, the winning most Jockey and Apprentice Jockey at each of Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton Racecourses will receive a prize of £7,000 and £3,000 respectively.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • Points will be accrued by horses running in flat races staged on an all-weather surface at Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton Racecourses run between 22 October and Good Friday 18 April 2025, inclusive.
  • The Horse of the Year competition will be judged on points accrued during a maximum of fifteen runs during the qualifying period, with points allocated to the first three runs during each monthly period.
  • The five Horse of the Month competitions will take place for the periods as follows, with all dates inclusive: October & November (22 October 2024 to 30 November 2024), December (1 December 2024 to 31 December 2024), January (1 January 2025 to 31 January 2025), February (1 February 2025 to 28 February 2025) and March & April (1 March 2025 to 18 April 2025).
  • The Horse of the Month competitions will be judged on points accrued in the first three runs by any horse within each monthly period (as set out above).  Any subsequent runs during any such monthly period will not be allocated any points towards either the Horse of the Month or Horse of the Year competitions.
  • Ownership of any horse competing in either the Horse of the Month, or Horse of the Year competition will be considered to be the Owner registered with BHA on the final day of any such qualifying period (i.e the last day of each Horse of the Month period, or Good Friday 18 April 2025 for the Horse of the Year competition).
  • Live data relating to points accrued by racehorses and jockeys will be available to view on www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk from the launch of the competition on Tuesday 22 October 2024.
  • The final standings in each category will be based on count-back and with the rules as follows:
    1. No. of wins in the qualifying period
    2. No. of 2nd’s in the qualifying period
    3. No. of 3rd’s in the qualifying period
    4. No. of 4th’s in the qualifying period
    5. No. of 5th’s in the qualifying period
  • If the standings are still tied after count-back the prizes will be added together and split equally between all those involved in the tied result.

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