The Course
The Racing Media Academy 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.
There will be presentations and interactive learning sessions from the greatest in racing.
- Alice Plunkett – the reality of working in racing media
- Alex Hammond – preparing for when live tv goes wrong!
- Rupert Bell – radio broadcasting and sound
- Rishi Persad – D&I and how racing broadcasting can open doors
- Lydia Hislop and Lee Mottershead – theory and practical sessions on writing and presenting
- Equine Productions and JockeyCam teaching you camera operation and production
- Rod Street talking through his experiences as the head of Great British Racing
The week will draw to an end with a day at Sandown Park for the Bet365 Gold Cup – the grand finale to the jump racing calendar where you will witness the Champion Jump Jockey and Trainer being crowned and see first hand an access all areas racing’s broadcasting in action and then on to watch Luck on Sunday being broadcast live from the Racing TV studios in Ealing.
We will 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 content for 2023 is being built as we speak. See below for what happened in 2022.
Itinerary
Saturday 23rd April 2022
Time
Activity
Speaker/
Organiser
19.00 – 20.00
Check in to BRS
Cath Goff
Course Facilitator BRS
20:00
Set the scene/filming
Lee Moulson
Racing Media Academy Project Manager
Sunday 24th April 2022
07:00
Breakfast
07.45 – 12.00
Sky offices, Isleworth
Josh Apiafi
14:00 – 14:30
Lunch
14.45 – 17.00
Visit to National Horseracing Museum
Cath Goff
Course Facilitator BRS
17.00 – 18.30
The Jockey Club Rooms
Cath Goff
Course Facilitator BRS
18:00
Dinner
Monday 25th April 2022
08.00
Breakfast
09.00 – 11.00
Morning on the Gallops
Cath Goff
Course Facilitator BRS
11.00 – 11.15
Tea/Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.45
Presenting Skills
Clare Balding
Broadcaster
12.45 – 13.45
Lunch
13.45 – 15.30
Tik Tok
Task: Ideas for Tik Tok
Sanjit Sarker
Tik Tok
15.30 – 15.45
Tea/Coffee Break
15.45– 17.00
Content/Video for Social Media
Inigo Grose
Sky Sports Racing
18:00
Dinner
19.30 – 20.30
View ‘Leading the Way’ followed by Q & A
Rishi Persad
ITV and RTV Presenter
Josh Apiaf
Sky Sports Racing Presenter
Tuesday 26th April 2022
08.00
Breakfast
09.00 – 11.00
Lydia Hislop
Journalist & Broadcaster
Lee Mottershead
Racing Post
11.00 – 11.15
Tea/Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.45
Lydia Hislop
Journalist & Broadcaster
Lee Mottershead
Racing Post
12:45-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:15
Lydia Hislop
Journalist & Broadcaster
Lee Mottershead
Racing Post
15.15 – 15.30
Tea/Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Social Media
Michael Andrews
Jockey Club
18:30-19:30
Dinner
19:30-20:30
Q&A Session with broadcaster Alice Plunkett
Michael Andrews
Jockey Club
Wednesday 27th April 2022
08.00
Breakfast
09:00-11:00
Camera Work Session 1
Learning production – what you are looking for
Dave James
Equine Productions
10:30-10:45
Tea/Coffee Break
10:45-11:45
Camera Work Session 2
Presenting and telling story on camera
Dave James
Equine Productions
11:45-12:00
Travel to Dalham Hall
12:00-13:30
Tour of Darley Stallions
Penny Taylor
Godolphin
13:45-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:30
Race Commentary
Mike Cattermole
Racing Commentator
16:30-16:45
Tea/Coffee Break
17:00-17:45
Camera Work Session 3
How to be directed
Dave James
Equine Productions
18:30-19:30
Dinner
19:30-20:30
Camera Work Session
Reviewing your work and producing for distribution
Dave James
Equine Productions
Thursday 28th April 2022
08.00
Breakfast
09:00-13:00
Mock Raceday (putting your skills to the test)
Lee Moulson
Racing Academy Project Manager
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:15
Diversity in Racing Task
Lee Moulson/Josh Apiafi
15:15-15:30
Tea/Coffee Break
15:30-17:00
The Promotion of Racing
Rod Street
Great British Racing CEO
18:30
Dinner
19:30-20:30
Hall of Fame
Josh Apiafi
Friday 29th April 2022
08:00
Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Course wrap up and close
Josh Apiafi & Lee Moulson
Racing Media Academy
10:00-16:00
Behind the scenes & Hospitality Newmarket Races
Cath Goff
The Jockey Club
16:00-17:00
Depart from Races, End of Course