Editing Racing Post (section)

==Accolades==

''Racing Post'' was highly commended for the Grand Prix award at the Newsawards 2016. The judges commented: "This was a tremendous example of adapting the business model in an increasingly online world. The Racing Post's multi-platform offering of print, app and pocket guides was evidence that the Racing Post had grabbed the digital revenue streams by the horns and made a huge success through diversifying. It has used its spin-off products and partnerships to extend its reach".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cullum |first=Gary |date=2016 |title=Newsawards 2016, in association with PJ and Fulifilm: The Winners |url=https://www.newsawards.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NAWinners2016-final-LR.pdf |access-date=25 August 2022 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517192011/http://www.newsawards.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NAWinners2016-final-LR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Alastair Down won the specialist writer category at the [[Sports Journalists' Association]] (SJA) Awards in 2016. Edward Whitaker has won the SJA Sports Photographer of the Year on two occasions, in 2008 and 2011. Steve Palmer has won the SJA Sports Betting Writer of the Year on two occasions, in 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past winners of the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards |url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/past-winners-of-the-sja-journalism-awards/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Sports Journalists' Association |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019112103/https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/past-winners-of-the-sja-journalism-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The late [[Queen Elizabeth II]], a keen equestrian and breeder of [[thoroughbred]] racehorses, was said to have read the ''Racing Post'' every morning at breakfast, mostly to track the performance of her [[foundation stock|bloodstock]].