Lord Lipsey appointed Chairman of Entain s Premium Greyhound Racing

A newly launched joint venture between Entain and Arena Racing Company, Premier Greyhound Racing, has appointed working peer and former Chair of the British Greyhound Racing Board, Lord Lipsey, as its Chairman

A fresh launched articulation adventure betwixt Entain and Arena Racing Company, Premier Greyhound Racing, has appointed working equal and former Chair of the Brits Greyhound Racing Board, nobleman Lipsey, as its Chairman.

Entain and Arena Racing Company feature also proclaimed that Premier Greyhound Racing testament wrap up 14 of the UK’s 20 official, regulated greyhound racing tracks.

The unexampled rivalry testament bleed from January 2024, with peer Lord Saint David Lipsey reverting to greyhound racing as Chairman after disbursement quaternity years as the Chair of the then-named Brits Greyhound Racing Board 'tween 2004 and 2008.

Lipsey had, v years ago, negotiated a trade with ex-Sports Minister Tracey Crouch to provide a £2m ($2.5m) supercharge to the sport’s finances, and improve contributions to the voluntary greyhound levy en masse intrigue past workings with digital operators.

Lipsey, who is also a member of the gameboard of horseracing’s Starting Price Regulatory Commission, commented on his in style(p) appointment: “As an owner and a protagonist of greyhound racing, i am taking a part-time professional person role within the sportsman I love.

“I seem forwards to representing it and its stakeholders to improve welfare, safeguard integrity and erect contention standards.

“Greyhound racing remains a hugely pop British tradition; on the a la mode(p) figures the sixth-biggest witness sport, welcoming millions of enthusiasts through its doors.

Entain’s Director of Commercial Retail, Richard Lang, has also spoken on Lipsey’s appointment, saying: “Lord Lipsey brings a vast and wide-ranging experience, both in and remote of the greyhound racing and betting industries, which will prove life-sustaining in unlocking the potency of the sportswoman through and through the platform we testament cater it within Premier Greyhound Racing.

“Lord Lipsey is a lifelong friend and counselor of greyhounds, the sportsman and its stakeholders and shares our commitment to adorn inwards and wage increase welfare, integrity and racing standards.”

Alongside Lipsey’s announcement, Entain and Arena Racing Company has committed to place £2.5m inward Open Racing award money, as easily as donations for greyhound welfare research projects.