#BettingPeople: JAMES STEVENS

#BettingPeople: JAMES STEVENS: James Stevens landed a job with the Racing Post after taking part in the BHA Graduate scheme. His love of racing was already instilled as a schoolboy, spending the time on the bus reading the Racing Post which resulted in a four-figure Lucky 15 win while still a sixth former! Now firmly embedded as part of the Racing Post team, James has some strong opinions on the current state and future of racing, all aired here. Meeting James Stevens with Simon Nott.

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JAMES STEVENS (part 1 of 3)

James talks about getting into racing as a schoolboy having no racing background, he talks about his education gravitating to sports journalism and flirting with football. He talks about the demographic of racing and how the difficulties of attracting a school age audience, separating from the betting aspect and how big days should be promoted as such.

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JAMES STEVENS (part 2 of 3)

James talks about the BHA Graduate Programme and how it was an excellent entry vehicle into racing. He also talks about being a member of the committee of the HWPA (Horserace Writers & Photographers Association). He talks about some of the big characters in racing as well as the rise of social media characters like ‘Bootlegger’.

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JAMES STEVENS (part 3 of 3)

James talks about racing syndicates and how they can draw people into a deeper involvement in the sport, he also discusses the way younger people are happy to ‘dip in and dip out’ of sports and why he thinks Windsor is one of the best run racecourses in the country and why the whole day at the races should be promoted …. and more.

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