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Marketing Beat: Ascot Racecourse celebrates the inner elegance in everyone

March 27th 2024
Ascot Racecourse has unveiled a new campaign created in collaboration with Dark Horse, building on last year’s ‘The Ascot You’ strategy which plays on the idea that everyone has an inner elegance.
Marketing Beat: Ascot Racecourse celebrates the inner elegance in everyone

City AM: Football regulator is reminder of uneasy link between class, control and the game

March 23rd 2024
Fans should be getting more help from brands in their fight to protect their clubs (and pockets), and not left to rely on the incoming football regulator.
City AM: Football regulator is reminder of uneasy link between class, control and the game

More About Advertising: Dark Horses’ Matt Adams and Will Butler: Super Bowl 2024 ads that make us jealous

February 12th 2024
Writing a Super Bowl ad is like the Holy Grail for most creatives; it’s up there with Christmas ads in the UK, but maybe even better.
More About Advertising: Dark Horses’ Matt Adams and Will Butler: Super Bowl 2024 ads that make us jealous

The Drum: Politics and sports have never been closer. For brands, silence isn't neutrality

January 19th 2024
Sports have long delivered for brands. They’re also a platform for politics, whether we like it or not. Brands better get ready to pick sides, explains Dark Horses’s Matt Readman.
The Drum: Politics and sports have never been closer. For brands, silence isn't neutrality

Ad Forum: Nissan apologises to local residents of Mexican Formula E race track for the wild raucous noisiness of its fans…

January 12th 2024
….and distributes ear defenders to block out their noise on the day of the race
Ad Forum: Nissan apologises to local residents of Mexican Formula E race track for the wild raucous noisiness of its fans…

Marketing Beat: The Creative’s Choice: which ads made their mark in 2023 – and why?

January 11th 2024
So much in marketing and advertising is subjective – how best to use humour, the true power of storytelling, where the line of ‘good taste’ really lies… But the importance of identifying a strong creative is never really in doubt.
Marketing Beat: The Creative’s Choice: which ads made their mark in 2023 – and why?

Marketing Beat: Harry Kane showcases seasonal footy joy in fresh Prime Video promotion

December 21st 2023
Harry Kane stars in a new Prime promotion, which shows him battling the festive blues, and being cheered up by Premier League fixtures on Prime.
Marketing Beat: Harry Kane showcases seasonal footy joy in fresh Prime Video promotion

THE DRUM: How Dark Horses used Twise to give virtual Fifa presidency candidate a voice

December 14th 2023
The generative audio chat AI tool was the key element behind the recent launch of the sports agency’s footballing crusader.
THE DRUM: How Dark Horses used Twise to give virtual Fifa presidency candidate a voice

GUARDIAN:Meet the AI-created football expert aiming to teach Infantino a lesson

November 22nd 2023
‘Hope Sogni’ is launching a hypothetical Fifa election campaign to represent women and show game could be run differently
GUARDIAN:Meet the AI-created football expert aiming to teach Infantino a lesson