Over one in 10 Brits admit skiving from work for sport akin to Chelts Gold Cup
The Cheltenham Gold Cup may have loads of Brits taking within the historic race with a couple of in 10 individuals admitting to skive from work to look at sporting occasions.
The one hundredth anniversary of the Cup is being celebrated this yr and can little doubt obtain bumper viewing on Friday (March 15) in the course of the Cheltenham Festival this month.
Due to the horse race commencing at 3:30pm, it proves a troublesome job for Brits working at the moment to tune in however in keeping with a ballot curated by Betfair, 9 in 10 (91%) sports activities followers saying they are going to be watching the race at 3:30pm on Friday.
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Almost three quarters of sports activities followers admitted that they plan to look at the Gold Cup at dwelling, with 9% planning to absorb the thrilling race on the pub, whereas 7% say they are going to be tuning in at work.
Betfair found {that a} refreshingly trustworthy 16% of people that polled revealed that they’ve beforehand skived off work to look at sport whereas 57% of sports activities followers polled who admitted to skipping work admitted that they’ve achieved so on at the very least one event prior to now 12 months.
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At this yr’s Cheltenham Festival, bookmakers Betfair are donating £10,000 to the Injured Jockey Fund for each winner that’s ridden by Rachael Blackmore, who gained the Gold Cup in 2022.
Throughout the season, £5,000 was being added for each certainly one of Blackmore’s winners. But that has now been doubled for the best present on turf.
Proceeds from the initiative are being shared between two charities, the ‘Injured Jockeys Fund’ and ‘Irish Injured Jockeys’, which can assist make a major distinction to the lives of jockeys within the UK and Ireland.
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Blackmore stated: “During the preview I known as on Betfair to lift their sport for Cheltenham and double the quantity donated to the Serial Winner Fund if I’m fortunate sufficient to get into the winner’s enclosure.
“I’ll have caught them barely off guard, however I knew they might get on board, and we received the thumbs up. I’m absolutely targeted on subsequent week and searching ahead to getting over there now.”
