Thoroughbred Voices 

We would like you to share your story of your favourite Thoroughbred in a HEIR registered EAS organisation and tell us how your chosen horse has impacted your life.

The competition has two age groups: Under 18’s and over 18’s Your piece of writing should be no more than 500 words long and can be in any written format (or by video or voice transcription if appropriate). Entries can be emailed to media@racingtorelate.org

Deadline for submission for both age groups is DATE 2023. The entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts and winners will be announced by a very special guest judge on DATE via the Racing to Relate social media channels.

As well as highlighting the incredible work Thoroughbred horses do to help and support us in EAS and in the Community, there are also some very special prizes to be won, including goodies for the winning authors, a prize for the HEIR registered centre your horse is based at, *plus a voucher for you to use at an EAS centre of your choice. For more information don't hesitate to contact us at media@racingtorelate.org

*NEED CLARIFICATION EAS (HEIR) category Question : Sir Peter O'Sullevan Trust - *Nigel can we offer a prize of £500 to each of the category winners (ie under 18 and over 18 to the HEIR organisation their horse is based at? • Win £500 for the HEIR organisation • Win a photography shoot (for winner) • Voucher for a session at EAS centre at HEIR organisation *(Anna can we clarify this please ?) • *Other goodies TBC for winner / centre (eg ought the NAF prize be to the winner of community category or to EAS centre ? National Racehorse Week Category (Community Category) • 1 prize of 2 x BCD 2024 tickets • *1 prize of NAF bundle worth £500 (this can be tailored to the winner’s needs)* see above note • 1 x photography shoot

EAS category (HEIR) Geographical location HEIR - list of centres Link to HEIR Register Link to Sir Peter O'Sullevan Trust website Age : how do we request proof of age ? GDPR compliance ? Gabi would you have experience here ? useful link https://www.jarrang.com/blog/a-practical-guide-to-gdpr-and-email-marketing-part-4-competitions-giveaways-growing-your-list/ Community Category / National Racehorse Week 56 Centres (list please) Link to the NRW site Tickets - dates, type of ticket, how to obtain, named ? Or they can gift ? Photo shoot : need to set parameters and dates for this Link to NAF ? Dates Entries open : Entries close : Announcement : When prize will be received : Number of entries : One entry per entrant for each category Anything else we need to consider ? Eg for NRW ... Entry conditions - complete short feedback / research Suggest no more than three short radio button responses plus a box they can type up to a certain number of words to answer an open question, then their submission for the essay competition ? Any other points to consider ?