Tom Savill (@tom

Tom Savill

412 posts

Tom Savill

@tom_sav

Director at @plumptonraces. All views are my own.

London, England

Joined February 2017

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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Nov 6, 2025
As some of you may know, I am currently cycling from Africa to @plumptonraces to raise funds for the charity of my sister Charlotte who sadly passed away last year from a rare type of liver cancer at just 22 years old. The link below has more info. 🧵 …esavillmemorialfoundation.enthuse.com/pf/cycle4charl…
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Oct 18, 2025
Why does British racing seem incapable of recreating this?!
SKY Racing
@SkyRacingAU
Oct 18, 2025
Sweet Caroline never sounded so good 🎶 About 50,000 strong at a sold-out Randwick before the TAB Everest 🙌🌟 @aus_turf_club @tabcomau
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Aug 17, 2025
Why should Racing have to consult bookmakers if they want to reschedule fixtures?! Racing is fed up with bookies dictating terms and lording it over a sport they have no regard for. The @SMFthinktank proposal will safeguard Racing, with an additional c. £150m in prize money.
Betting and Gaming Council
@BetGameCouncil
Aug 17, 2025
Read our full response to racing's decision to reschedule fixtures. bettingandgamingcouncil.com/news/bgc-slams…
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Sep 12, 2025
Replying to @AKBets
Spot on once again Anthony! I should have been making sure we had more rain this summer. Will take your astute observations on board, thank you!
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Aug 23, 2025
You know, you’re absolutely right!! Ralph should tell his owners not to run in one of the biggest festivals of the year. That’ll really stick it to the bookmakers. Not like the owners pay his training fees or anything… DugherLogic™️
Michael Dugher
@MichaelDugher
Aug 20, 2025
Following his interview earlier this week, it’s great to see Ralph Beckett sticking to his principles and refusing to have anything to the bookmakers…
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Oct 18, 2025
Replying to @finch_fx
I used to work at Racing Victoria and we are miles behind in this department. Just look today at Randwick - 50,000 sell out crowd, all young people.
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Oct 15, 2025
The problem is though that racing has been hearing the “get behind the operators” rhetoric without bookmakers seeming to care that the industry is on its knees. I haven’t seen one plan for racing from bookmakers, it’s just all talk. The funny thing is that the Plumpton proposal
Geoff Banks
@geoffbanksbet
Oct 15, 2025
I heard the same uneducated comments from Raph Beckett about imagined levels of harm All stuff he hears from those who oppose gambling the reality of 'harm' in the regulated market is the issue is extremely low The standard approach of those taking wages and careers is to big
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Nov 14, 2025
So after setting off from Africa almost 3 weeks ago, we’ve made it to Chantilly Racecourse @francegalop - home of the French Derby, where a certain CELTIC SWING won 30 years ago in 1995! Looking forward to finishing at @plumptonraces on Monday! 2,300kms down, only 400 to go!
Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Nov 6, 2025
As some of you may know, I am currently cycling from Africa to @plumptonraces to raise funds for the charity of my sister Charlotte who sadly passed away last year from a rare type of liver cancer at just 22 years old. The link below has more info. 🧵 …esavillmemorialfoundation.enthuse.com/pf/cycle4charl…
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Oct 14, 2025
Online slots, which are causing massive gambling harms to people, are taxed at 21%. Horse racing is effectively taxed higher at 25% (15% tax plus 10% Levy). How on earth is that right or fair?! Especially when you look at the high cost of the product for racing (media rights
Geoff Banks
@geoffbanksbet
Oct 13, 2025
All I am hearing is Bookmakers not paying enough including from you and the SMF - a new alliance with anti gamblers These numbers don’t stack up by hundreds of millions
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Jul 29, 2025
Here is the SMF’s proposal on gambling tax reform and the plan to save British horse racing. smf.co.uk/publications/o…
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Sep 24, 2025
In case you missed @bbcsoutheast this evening!
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Jul 8, 2025
I cannot believe what I’ve just read… The problem of smoking within snooker was an image problem. Without gambling, Racing has a funding problem and would pretty much cease to exist. This is so glaringly obvious. Who appoints these people to gambling regulatory roles?!
Racing Post
@RacingPost
Jul 8, 2025
🗣️ "You say there's an intrinsic link between racing and gambling - but it was the same for snooker and smoking and they found a way forward" We spoke to Anne Marie Caulfield, chief executive of a new gambling regulatory body in Ireland Read with Racing Post+👇
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Oct 14, 2025
Come on Geoff. The calendar year ends in December, not August. Be better.
Geoff Banks
@geoffbanksbet
Oct 14, 2025
It appears you have the same penchance as James Noyes and all the other anti gambling crew for basing policy recommendations on wildly inaccurate statistics It is a worrying manner to go about making recommendations Here are the BHA numbers. They are the regulator (rather than
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Tom Savill
@tom_sav
Oct 15, 2025
So just forget about the 85,000 jobs that are supported by racing?! Are you suggesting racing should just accept its fate and continued decline because public services are “already strained”? We have to make our case to government, it’s up to them whether they listen. And
Harry Haddock
@gtfctrawler
Oct 15, 2025
Replying to @tom_sav and @jamesaknight
You’re proposing money from general taxation that pays for already strained public services is redirected to increase subsidies for racing. Outside of your racing/betting bubble how much support do you think that enjoys from the majority of folk who have no interest in racing?
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