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GBB Increases Dual Registration Discount to Encourage Versatile Fillies
The Great British Bonus (GBB) is pleased to announce a significant enhancement to its discount structure for fillies registered under both Flat and National Hunt codes.
01/07/2025
Good News Reigns for GBB as Scheme Reaches New Heights
The Great British Bonus (GBB) scheme continues to go from strength to strength, with provisional figures indicating a record 1,035 fillies registered for Stage 3 (2YO) Flat in 2025.
It's these sort of returns that are going to keep owners in British racing
Spirit of Jura secures first Flat GBBPlus bonus.
GBBPlus Delivers First Bonuses
The number of mares participating in chases has been declining, so we hope the expanded coverage and increased bonus value will encourage owners and trainers to test their mares in these races.
Transfer of Ownership amnesties announced for end-of-year-foal sales
Free Transfer of Ownership available for foals purchased at British foal Sales in 2024
HBLBs Vital Support of GBB Scheme Continues to Drive British Breeding Excellence
HBLB is very much an active partner and its strategic support of GBB is a testament to its commitment to the long-term health of British breeding and racing.
INTRODUCING GBBPLUS
The Great British Bonus, British breeding, and racing's most successful incentive scheme, is about to get bigger, and better.
EBN Spotlight On: ADAAY IN DEVON
EBN's James Crispe throws the spotlight on four-time GBB winner ADAAY IN DEVON
No April Fools for GBB
Monday 1st April proved to be an exciting day for GBB as FLICKAS GIRL pushed the scheme past the £14 million milestone.
GREAT BRITISH BONUS PAYS OUT 1,000th BONUS
Miss Bielsa, half-sister to first GBB winner Pelekai, wins 1,000th bonus
First-ever bonuses paid out in a dead-heat
Miss Bodacious trained by Karl Burke and Rosy Affair trained by George Boughey paid out £20,000 bonus for dead-heat win.
YOU WEAR IT WELL A BONUS SCORER FOR CONNECTIONS
The story of NH superstar You Wear It Well featured in the TBA's National Hunt Yearbook 2023/24.
STAR MIND propels GBB to £13 million milestone
STAR MIND stormed to victory in the Restricted Maiden Fillies Stakes at Wolverhampton winning a £20,000 bonus and propelling GBB past a notable milestone.
TWO IS COMPANY, THREE IS A CROWD, FOUR IS A PARTY!
Adaay in Devon lands her fourth bonus from the Great British Bonus becoming the first flat filly to do so since the scheme launched in June 2020.
BUMPER FOAL REGISTRATIONS FOR GBB
The Great British Bonus (GBB) has had record foal registrations for the third year in a row.
GBB - Registration Increase & Bonus win limits
The Great British Bonus (GBB) initiative is now three years on from its launch on 1st June 2020. The scheme has been embraced by the entire racing industry almost from the first day and has proved its worth and purpose encouraging the breeding, buying and racing of British-bred fillies and mares
THE GREAT BRITISH BONUS SCHEME SURPASSES £10 MILLION IN BONUSES
The Great British Bonus (GBB) scheme is celebrating passing its £10 million milestone. Launched just three years ago, the scheme incentivises and rewards the breeding, buying and racing of British-bred fillies by awarding bonuses of up to £20,000 per race.
Onwards and upwards for Fairfield Ferrata
Fairfield Ferrata, by the late, great Kayf Tara, has had a storybook career to date.
GBB GALLOPS TO £9 MILLION MILESTONE
GBB has paid out more than £9 million in bonuses since it launched in June 2020 a mere 10 weeks after breaking through the £8 million barrier.
Molly Ollys Wishes is the first £100,000 winner!
On 29th October, the Dan Skelton trained Molly Ollys Wishes won her fifth Great British Bonus (GBB) of £20,000, making her the first mare to win £100,000 from the lucrative scheme.
Courting success with GBB Fillies
UNION COURT accumulated £42,000 in prize money as well as £30,000 in GBB bonuses - a superb result from an 18,000gns Book 3 purchase!
Royal Scandal makes it 500 for GBB
The Great British Bonus has paid out its 500th bonus to multiple bonus winning Royal Scandal.
GBB bonus payouts hit £8 million mark on a record-breaking day
Yesterday marked yet another impressive milestone for the Great British Bonus scheme.
Premier Sale is the Premier place for a GBB winner!
Yearling sales are a busy time for most in the bloodstock industry and it is no different for the Great British Bonus team. Over the course of the next few months, hundreds of GBB-registered fillies will go under the hammer with purchasers incentivised by the prospect of winning multiple bonuses of up to £20,000.
Come not between a Dragon and her bonuses
Come not between a Dragon and her bonuses - The story of GBB leading mare Dragon Bones featured in the National Hunt Yearbook.
GBB reaches £5 million milestone!
The Great British Bonus scheme has raced past yet another major milestone awarding more than £5 million.
Swincombe Fleat lands 2nd GBB bonus for owner-breeders
SWINCOMBE FLEAT, who has already won two GBB bonuses, aims to make it three when she runs again at Sandown on Thursday 17th February.
Great British Bonus - One year on
This week, the Great British Bonus(GBB) has been celebrating its successes a year after its launch. The first ever bonus was awarded to PELEKAI at Newcastle on 2nd June and since then, it has gone from strength to strength
Goffs UK January Sale 2023
There are a number of GBB fillies offered at the Goffs UK January Sale.
Great British Bonus Scheme reaches £2 Million milestone
It has been less than a year since its launch, but the Great British Bonus (GBB) initiative has this week awarded a staggering total of £2 million in winning bonuses.
Deadline looming for GBB registration
Two important milestones are looming for the Great British Bonus; firstly, Sunday's final stage 3 registration deadline for 2019 Flat fillies and also the landmark figure of £2m paid out in prizes, a figure that the scheme is set to reach within a year of its launch.
Training fees already paid for 2021
When ANYTHINGFORLOVE won a two mile mares novice hurdle at Catterick on Bank Holiday Monday, there were twenty happy owners up and down the country that could barely believe their eyes
A second GB Bonus for Perfect Myth
A new month and another wonderful feel-good story from the Great British Bonus scheme, where the 2020 filly foal registrations closed last night with 1602 fillies now enrolled in the scheme
New bonus scheme hits magic million milestone
The new Great British Bonus (GBB) incentive scheme has smashed through the £1 million barrier. Since its launch just five months ago, the scheme has already had a major impact on every level of the racing and breeding industry.
More signs that GBB is making a difference
With little to be encouraged about in terms of racing's finances at present, there are at least signs that one of bloodstock's initiatives is making a difference in the ring.
Loyalty Rewarded
When Jonny Portman started training twenty years ago, his first winner was for Simon Skinner, who has been a staunch supporter of the stable ever since.
The first winner of three bonuses totalling £60,000
Smart by name, smart by nature. Placing BLACKBERRY to win her third £20,000 bonus (totalling £60,000 apart from prize money from only four starts) shows the class of the trainer and the toughness of his filly.
The Gift that keeps on giving
John Fretwell was understandably delighted after his filly Gift List won in convincing fashion at Redcar yesterday afternoon
Bryan Mayoh on a Great Bonus for British breeding
The TBA board member urges participation in the National Hunt premium scheme
2020 Filly foal registration date extended to October 31st
The Registration of foals for the General Stud Book is yet another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, with issues at the Animal Health Trust amplifying the problem.
GREAT BRITISH BONUS SCHEME BOOSTS WINNINGS BY £500,000
GREAT BRITISH BONUS SCHEME BOOSTS WINNINGS BY £500,000
Crazy Luck for Millman syndicate
The place to be tonight will be at a hostelry known as The Crown, somewhere deep in the West Country. An enthusiastic syndicate of locals, led by the landlord, are known as Crown Connoisseurs and they are celebrating a £20,000 bonus won by their filly CRAZY LUCK at Salisbury.
Keeping the faith
When LADY BOWES won a NH Flat race for Cartmel trainer Jimmy Moffatt at Perth on August 11th, she completed the cycle for Simon and Julie Wilson from Liverpool
Plenty more to come from Gift List
Gift List gave the impression that there was plenty more to come after landing the first race at Newcastle
Blackberry earns second Great British Bonus
Simon Chappell's homebred filly Blackberry claimed her second £20,000 Great British Bonus when landing the 5f fillies' novice at Doncaster yesterday
Kevin Ryan trains the first syndicate winner of a GBB race
Beechwood Donna became the first Syndicate filly to win a £20,000 Great British Bonus when she scooted up by over three lengths in her first start at Beverley over five furlongs
First multiple winner of Great British Bonus
Brazen Belle yesterday became the first multiple winner under the new Great British Bonus scheme when landing the 6f fillies novice at Catterick
Jumping For Joy
A milestone was passed today when the first £20,000 bonus was won over jumps in the GBB scheme. And it could not have gone to a more deserving couple
Has Clive Cox discovered another diamond in Kohinoor?
When KOHINOOR won a GBB race at Haydock on Friday 3rd July, she achieved many objectives for her connections
A Blackberry in June?
Breeder Simon Chappell had a tough decision to make before his Brazen Beau ex She's a Worldie filly went through the ring at the Goffs UK Premier sale last August
An emotional moment for Amy Murphy
Newmarket trainer Amy Murphy has read all about the Great British Bonus and planned a campaign for EMOTIONAL MOMENT accordingly
A deserved £20,000 bonus for a passionate owner/breeder with only one mare
Today's victory of BRAZEN BELLE was so appropriate in very many ways. Most importantly, it was a timely win for a passionate owner-breeder with only one mare
Oliver St Lawrence is the first agent to have bought a £20,000 bonus winner
Oliver St Lawrence is a much respected industry member in his various roles, including managing Aislabie Stud and being a very successful bloodstock agent
Concessions brings a smile to Richard Hannon's face
Although having won several thousand races in England, the Hannons still retain enormous enthusiasm for any win
Chris Wright, ROA Council Member
For more than forty years, Stratford Place Stud has been both a home and source of enormous pleasure for the ever enthusiastic Chris Wright
Kirsten Rausing is first breeder to win £20,000 bonus
The first £20,000 Great British Bonus winner is likely to advertise the scheme for a few more months this summer
We have a winner!
There could be no more appropriate first winner of the Great British Bonus scheme than Newsells Park
An interview with Max Weston
A brief Q and A with Max Weston, Manager of the historic Childwickbury Stud
An interview with Jamie Railton
A brief Q and A with Jamie Railton, one of the leading consignors in Europe
An interview with Colin Bryce
A brief Q and A with Colin Bryce of Laundry Cottage Stud, breeders of Wootton Bassett and many other top horses
Great British Bonus aims to safeguard the future of British racing and breeding
We are thrilled that the Great British Bonus (GBB) is now live, offering multiple bonuses of up to £20,000 per eligible race for British-bred fillies and mares. Its aim is to increase the number of British-bred horses in racing and, so, safeguard the future of British breeding.
An interview with Sam Hoskins
A brief Q and A with Sam Hoskins, syndicate manager of Hot To Trot and Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds. Council member of the ROA.
An interview with Julian Dollar
A brief Q and A with leading stud manager Julian Dollar of Newsells Park Stud