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The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has been named as the official sponsor of the Leicester Racecourse’s Veterans’ Raceday.
For the third consecutive year, the BGC will have the chance to support the event’s main race, the BGC Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Handicap Chase, raising funds for a number of military charities in the process.
Over the recent years, BGC members have managed to raise close to £750k for Armed Forces charities, such as The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, SAS Regimental Association, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, and the RAF Benevolent Fund.
Grainne Hurst, BGC CEO, said: “On behalf of everyone at the BGC, and all our members, I’m enormously proud to once again lend our support to this excellent event for another year.
“Veterans’ Raceday provides not only a fantastic day out for our cherished veterans, but also raises vital funds to support those in the veteran community who need additional support.
“The BGC is incredibly proud to have raised such significant funds for a host of exemplary charities, which do such amazing work for those that served this nation with such distinction.
“They truly are the best of British, so we’re delighted to offer this salute to veterans.”
Extending a gratitude to the BGC, Richard Clowes, Leicester Racecourse Director, added: “This is the third year the BGC have supported our Veterans Day and the Racecourse is very grateful.
“We are fortunate within Leicestershire and Rutland to have stationed both the Royal Anglians close to Oakham and the Defence Animal Training Regiment with their dogs and horses at Melton Mowbray.
“Both have races named after them. We are also major recruiting areas for the Coldstream Guards and Royal Lancers and hope that we will welcome many veterans from those two regiments.”
