why is there no horse racing today

There is horse racing today at some venues, such as Delaware Park in the U.S. and tracks like Doncaster, Bath, and Musselburgh in the U.K. However, there was no horse racing in Britain on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, due to a historic strike by jockeys, trainers, and owners protesting a proposed government tax hike on remote betting. This strike was a unified response to plans to raise the remote betting tax from 15% to 21%, which the British Horseracing Authority warned would cost thousands of jobs and significantly reduce the sport's income. The strike caused all scheduled British race meetings on that day to be canceled and was a first in modern British racing history. So, while horse racing continues at many places today, the absence of racing on certain days recently was due to this industry-wide protest against betting tax increases in Britain.