Casting Aspersions

What you get

At the yard

Owners are invited to stable visits; no number is stated.

Hospitality

Hospitality including open days at the stable for friends and family, and racedays

Prize money

Members receive a share of the winnings; the split is not stated

The horse

What's published

The details we look for in every offer, each counting once. A tick means we've found it on the operator's website or in a document they give every member, or, for RSA membership, on the RSA's own register. "Not found yet" doesn't mean it isn't there.

• –Full written terms not found yet
• –What a further term costs not found yet
• –What happens when the term ends not found yet
• –Aftercare when racing ends not found yet
• ✓How prize money is shared
• –Whether you can sell your share not found yet
• –Where the horse was bought (sale and lot) not found yet
• –What the horse cost not found yet
• –Complaints process not found yet
• –What happens if costs run over not found yet
• –Insurance not found yet
• –BHA registration: not found yet. The BHA doesn't publish a register, so ask to see it.
• ✓Racehorse Syndicates Association membershipListed on the RSA's register (read 12 October 2026)
• –Year the operator started not found yet
• –How many horses they run not found yet
• –Prices, without having to ask not found yet
• –Winners to date not found yet
• –Owners' badges not found yet
• ✓Yard visits
• –How often members hear not found yet
• –The most members per horse not found yet
• ✓Hospitality for members

Questions to ask before you join

We haven't found these on Royal Arch Racing's website yet. That doesn't mean they're missing, so ask when you get in touch.

• How much of the horse does one share give me?
• Can I read the full written terms before I join?
• What happens when the term ends: does it renew, and on what terms?
• What happens to the horse at the end of the term?
• What happens to the horse if it's injured or retires, and who pays?
• If the horse is sold, do I get a share of the money?
• Where was the horse bought, so I can look it up in the sale results?
• What did the horse cost?
• Who do I go to if something goes wrong?
• What happens if the costs run over?
• Is the horse insured, and who pays for it?
• Can I see the syndicate's BHA registration?
• How long have you been running horses for owners?
• How many horses do you run?
• What does it cost in full, including anything billed on top?
• How many owners' badges will I get, and how are they shared out?
• How often will I hear how the horse is doing?
• What's the most people who can share the horse with me, when every share is sold?