RACING SYNDICATES
WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD
Started in Beare Green (hence ‘BG’) Surrey in 2010, BG Racing is the brainchild, although he might rather call it the ‘labour of love’, of Phil Boyle. A passionate racing afficionado, who had experienced ownership by having a small share of a couple of horses, Phil wanted to share the joys of race going and ownership with friends and family, so he bought a horse called Oscara Dara, in the care of local trainer Alan Fleming, shared it between them, and BG Racing Syndicates was born.
The rest, as they say in racing circles, is early mornings, blood sweat and tears, the occasional glass of champagne, and a lot of time spent in the car. Phil’s personal track record as a racing syndicate manager includes just about every racetrack from Perth to Newton Abbot!
But along the journey came the odd winner and many more friendships as Phil invited more people to join his racing syndicate, who in turn convinced their friends. From the outset Phil worked to ensure that everybody felt like a ‘proper racehorse owner’. A great communicator, it’s an ethos he has maintained from the start with frequent racing and training updates, opportunities for racing syndicate stable visits, and racing syndicate days at the races. He is always available for a chat.
Since those early days BG has had a variety of syndicated horses with, a range of trainers. As is the way of racing, the horses have had varying degrees of success but whatever the level of the horse, the BG Racing shareholders have enjoyed the experience and every winner, even those successful in a minor race, has been well celebrated!
Unusually for syndicates, Phil has kept the set up totally flexible. Members can take as small or as large a share as they want in any particular horse in training, providing it is above the minimum figure of 1%. Phil acts as racing manager and syndicate secretary and prize money and any excess fees (if costs are less than anticipated) are distributed to shareholders at the end of each year.
BG Racing Syndicates started out as a really good, low cost and excellent value way to get into racing and racehorse ownership.
Ten years later, nothing has changed.
