The Course
The 2026 course is being planned and booked. It starts with an intensive week at the British Racing School in Newmarket. Here you will get great insight into the media and learn skills all delivered by some of the best people in their field. The dates for the residential course will be 19th – 26th April 2026.
There will be presentations and interactive learning sessions from the greatest in racing.
- Frankie Foster – Social Media in horse racing
- Alex Hammond – preparing for when live tv goes wrong!
- Rupert Bell – radio broadcasting and sound
- Lydia Hislop and Lee Mottershead – theory and practical sessions on writing and presenting
- Equine Productions and JockeyCam – camera operation and production
- Mike Cattermole – Race Commentary
- Dan Abraham – Racing Photography
The week drew to an end with a day at Sandown Park for the Bet365 Gold Cup – the grand finale to the jump racing calendar where our cadets witnessed the Champion Jump Jockey and Trainer being crowned, and saw first-hand an access all areas to racing’s broadcasting in action. After an evening stay in London, they then went on to watch and take part in a live racing broadcast from Sky Sports Racing from the studios in London.
We aim to show you a variety of ways to access future careers within the media as well as teach you about the horse racing industry, so don’t worry if you don’t know anything, this is the place to start!
The Course for 2026 is being planned and created as we speak. In the meantime, the following will give you a flavour of what the 2025 course entailed.
Itinerary
Sunday 4th May 2025
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
11.00-13.00
ITV Production meeting Newmarket
Paul Cooper
13.00-13.30
Lunch and Housekeeping
Lee Moulson/Cath Goff
13.30 – 15.00
RMA Alumni
Mageswar PV
Ashleigh Wicheard
Sidra Woodward
15.00 – 15.15
Tea/coffee in Niarchos Room
15.15– 17.00
Racings Reach
Josh Stacey
Andrew Blair -White
Tom Bull
17.00 – 17.30
Dinner
17.30-18.00
Racecourse Presenting/Corporate Hosting
Roger Hart
18.00-18.30
Photography
Dan Abraham
Monday 5th May 2025
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
08:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
8.30-10.00
Yard Visit to James Ferguson
Cath Goff
10.00-11.30
Are you well, I thought you were!
Derek Thompson
11:30
Tea/Coffee in Niarchos Room
11.45-13.15
Dalham Hall Stud
Cath Goff
13:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14.00 - 16.00
Sports Broadcasting
Jill Douglas
16:00 - 16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16.15 - 18.00
Socially Savvy Content
Frankie Foster
18:15 - 18:45
Dinner
19:00 - 20:00
Jockey Cam/Virtual Reality Session
Nic and Becca Bentley
Tuesday 6th May 2025
Journalism and Presenting Day
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
07.45 - 8.15
Breakfast
08.30 – 11.00
Grabbing your readers attention
Lydia Hislop
Journalist & Broadcaster
Lee Mottershed
Racing Post
11:00 - 11:10
Tea/Coffee Break
11.10 – 12.45
Contributing to the debate
Lydia Hislop
Journalist & Broadcaster
Lee Mottershed
Racing Post
12:45 - 13:30
Lunch
13.30 – 16.00
Interviewing on camera
Lydia Hislop
Journalist & Broadcaster
Lee Mottershed
Racing Post
16.00 – 16.10
Tea/Coffee Break
16.10 – 18.15
Writing a report
Lydia Hislop
Journalist & Broadcaster
Lee Mottershed
Racing Post
18.10 – 19.00
Bloodstock and Racing Industry in Hong Kong
Ian Sham
19:15
Dinner
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
08:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
08.30 – 10.00
Commentating
Mike Cattermole
10.00 – 10.15
Tea/Coffee Break
10.15 – 12.00
Cutting Through
Rishi Persad
12:00 - 12:45
Lunch
12.45 – 14.00
Campaigns and Horse Welfare GBR
Gabi Whitfield
14.00 – 16.00
Media in Ireland
Emmet Kennedy
16:00-16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16.15 – 18.00
Radio, Royalty, and Talk Spor
Rupert Bell
18:00 - 18:30
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
Racing Pathway
Josh Apiafi
Thursday 8th May 2025
Producing and Camera Day
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
08:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
08.30 – 10.00
Introduction to Equine Productions and Story telling – production process and content distribution
Equine Productions
10:00-10:15
Tea/Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:45
Task
Equine Productions
13.00 – 13.30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Review Task
Equine Productions
15:00 - 15:30
Tea/Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:30
Race Tech using equipment session
Jared Hussain-Shah
17:30 - 18:00
Dinner
18.00-19.00
Mock Raceday Brief
Lee Moulson
Friday 9th May 2025
Skills and D & I
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
08:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
08:30 - 12:00
Mock Raceday (putting your skills to test)
COFFEE/TEA in Niarchos Room
Lee Moulson
RMA
12:00 - 12:30
Lunch
12.30
Depart for London and check in to apartments
16:00 - 18:00
Live at Sky studios
Josh Apiafi
Saturday 10th May 2025
Raceday Live
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
08:30 - 09:30
Breakfast
9:15
Depart for Ascot
10.30 – 18.00
Behind the Scenes at Ascot Races
Cath Goff
Josh and Abby Apiafi
19:00
Freetime
Sunday 11th May 2025
Time
Activity
Speaker/Organiser
8.00 – 11.30
RTV Studios
Lindsey Davidson
Abby Apiafi
11:30
Depart from Course