Tom Savill

As some of you may know, I am currently cycling from Africa to @plumptonraces to raise funds for the charity of my sister Charlotte who sadly passed away last year from a rare type of liver cancer at just 22 years old. The link below has more info. 🧵 …esavillmemorialfoundation.enthuse.com/pf/cycle4charl…

Could this be a turning point in the fight against affordability checks? Dr James Noyes explains his decision to intervene by yesterday sending an open letter to the Secretary of State, as he admits “racing was never supposed to become collateral damage" podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-…

🆕 🏇 @jranoyes - Evolving stance on affordability checks 🏇 @SenseiChanning - Reaction to Dr Noyes's intervention 🏇 Angus Gold - Touleen 🏇 @gbougheyracing - Bow Echo 🏇 @DanBarberTF - @Timeform 🏇 Dr Ashley Parker - Ascot Stud 🇿🇦 Insight @jane_mangan podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-…

A notable intervention from @jranoyes who previously advocated for the introduction of affordability checks but now supports the BHA's calls to pause the implementation of this policy given changes in market conditions and concerns around the impact that the policy will have on the British horseracing industry.

Today I sent an open letter to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, @lisanandy — calling on the Government to pause the implementation of financial risk assessments for bettors until a proper evaluation of the Gambling Commission’s pilot scheme has been published and made available for scrutiny. I am deeply concerned by recent reports which have highlighted the pilot’s apparent lack of transparency and efficacy. Coverage of my letter is in the Guardian: theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr…

It's official! 👑 Congratulations on a magnificent season, @DSkeltonRacing...

Impaire Et Passe is up and ok after that fall at the last ❤️

"If British racing wants to grow, it needs more horses that people recognise... that requires investment at the top end" @tom_sav is in support of the BHA initiative which offers up to £30,000 to owners of the first two home in UK Grade 1 races in March and April...

An update regarding our Easter Festival fixture

Happy 30th birthday to dual Ascot Gold Cup winner ROYAL REBEL. He still lives with us at home in Ireland and looks amazing for an old boy!

Foal crops dropped by 9.5 per cent in Britain and Ireland last year and Tattersalls believes there is cause for concern racingpost.com/news/britain/f…

Cheltenham 2026 promo🐎🎥

@chrisgambler247 @jranoyes @SMFthinktank Nick’s podcast was quoting the FOI request from DCMS, but DCMS were misleading when they say it requires changes to primary legislation, as all tax rate changes technically require primary legislation (Finance Bills)

@tom_sav @jranoyes @SMFthinktank Thanks for that Tom. So it appears the Nick Luck pod was wrong?

Did @jranoyes @tom_sav the National Trainers Federation and others that backed @SMFthinktank racing tax carve out with a levy increase plan know that it would require primary legislation to change the levy as now appears to be the case? open.spotify.com/episode/2Lfhku…

@333peterobinson It is not. Northern Ireland is in the UK (which stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. PS, wars have been flight over this.

@tom_sav Is Northern Ireland not in Britain?

Unpopular opinion, but this is a great initiative. There are many problems at the moment within the sport and they won’t be solved with one silver bullet, but this aims to address one of the key issues in jumps racing - the gulf in class at the top races between GB and Ire.

@333peterobinson They’re both Irish trainers… The voucher is for British trainers.

@tom_sav What happens if Rich Ricci or Gigginstown use the bonus for one's trained by Andy Oliver or Noel Kelly?

@samcarsonps @BHAHorseracing @RacingPost This is the key point and if I’m being critical this is where I’d have been stronger if I was the BHA. Personally, I’d have preferred it to be “British trained” winners who receive the bonus (and make the bonus bigger) but that was deemed too controversial and protectionist.

@tom_sav @BHAHorseracing @RacingPost Not if they use it for the horse that was going to the UK anyway.

@samcarsonps @BHAHorseracing @RacingPost Well then the voucher will go unclaimed and it will have cost British racing zero pounds.

@tom_sav Owner pays 400k for Irish PTP winner, in what planet would a 10k voucher be an influence on where the horse is trained ? Or owner has horse in France /Ireland planned to go to UK, let’s just use my wee voucher. Are you at the wind up ? @BHAHorseracing @RacingPost

The Betting and Gaming Council have made a pretty good attempt today of trying to discredit my SMF report by cherry-picking lines from an unpublished FOI bundle and using them to spin a story via the industry-friendly media. However, I’ve been given sight of the full bundle today and it’s not quite what the industry says it is. The analysis was carried out by a single DCMS official (not officials) and is pretty threadbare compared to what we should expect from a Gov’t department. I suppose that this is to be expected, considering that DCMS notoriously lacks expertise and resources in this area. Furthermore, the analysis is full of caveats. See attached. “We don’t know”. “There is limited data”. “According to theory”. The list goes on. It’s not at all surprising to me that the teams of economists at the Treasury politely dismissed this analysis when making decisions on the Budget. Spin and media stories are not going to change those decisions.

@jackedwards1 I’d argue it will benefit the British racing public to have more top, top performers available to see more often.

@tom_sav Yes I get that but you’re talking about a pool of around 4/5 trainers lol it’ll benefit Skelton, Nicholls and hendo and that’s about it.

@jackedwards1 But they’re training credits for British trainers… So they’re encouraging these owners to have more horses trained in Britain

@tom_sav And the majority of that will go back to Ireland because at the top level we are seeing the same owners involved over and over again. This helps no one apart from the racing elite. It actually alienates the majority of British jump trainers