CATTERICK IN ACTION ON FRIDAY

 

Catterick’s Jumping season continues this Friday (February 3) with a seven-race programme set to begin at 1-10 p.m.  

The feature race, The Dine & View At Catterick Races Handicap Chase, is contested over two and three furlongs and offers prize money of £10,000. The European Breeders’ Fund supports a race for Novice Hurdlers – a qualifying contest in a national series under the auspices of the EBF – which culminates in a Final at Sandown Park in March. 

Friday’s longest race is The catterickbridge.co.uk Handicap Hurdle over the extended three miles and one furlong. 

The giant screen, situated opposite the main stands, will enable racegoers to enjoy even more of the action.

   

 

        ENJOY THE CRAIC AT WETHERBY’S TOTEPOOL ‘IRISH DAY’ SATURDAY

                                                                                                           

Wetherby’s annual totepool ‘Irish Day’ Saturday this weekend (February 4) is a seven-race programme starting at 1-10 p.m. The highlights are The totepool Towton Novices’ Chase (a Grade 2 contest for stayers), The Bet totepool Text TOTE To 89660 Handicap Chase and the north’s first hunter chase of the year, The Wilmot-Smith Memorial Cup. 

 The Irish marquee in the Paddock Enclosure features the Ceilidh House Band and dancers and is open to all racegoers on the day. Advanced bookings for the ‘Irish Experience’ can be made right up to the meeting. For £21-50 (£20 if booking for ten or more) this includes Paddock Enclosure admission, full-colour racecard, a pint of Guinness, a beef & Guinness meal and a discounted tote betting voucher. Also, the Endeavour Ceilidh Band will be playing outside the Paddock ‘Guinness’ Bar. 

Supported once again by totepool, The Towton Chase was won last year by Wayward Prince, one of last season’s leading novice chasers, who has competed in this season’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase at Wetherby. The roll-call of the other previous winners include horses of the calibre of Weird Al, Kornati Kid, Heltornic, Ollie Magern, Royal Emperor, Keen Leader, Arctic Camper, Kadou Nonantais, Escartifigue and Mr. Mulligan (who went on to be the 1997 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner). Totepool also put their name to a couple of Hurdle contests – a Handicap race for stayers over three miles and one furlong and the other for Novice Hurdlers over the two and three-quarter miles. 

The opening race is The H.A. Fox Jaguar Leeds Handicap Hurdle over the extended two miles. 

 Brothers Nick and Pat Wilmot-Smith – long-standing directors of the Wetherby Steeplechase Committee – are commemorated in The Wilmot-Smith Memorial Cup, a Hunter Chase over three miles and one furlong. In fact, the late Nick Wilmot-Smith served on the racecourse committee for 59 years and was chairman between 1968 and 1996. 

A giant screen, situated opposite the main stands, will enable racegoers to enjoy even more of the action, including Betfred Day from Sandown Park.

 

 

32Red ONLINE CASINO SUPPORT DONCASTER’S THURSDAY MEETING

 

Doncaster’s meeting next Thursday (February 9) is scheduled to begin at 1-55 p.m. and all bar one race is supported by 32Red Online Casino – the UK’s premier online casino and gaming company.

The twin highlights are a couple of Handicap Chases – one over three miles and the other contested over two miles and three furlongs. 

The opening race on Thursday is The Mirror Punters Club Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle over the extended two miles. 

 The giant screen situated opposite the main stands will enable racegoers to see all of the action. A shuttle bus will be in operation from the railway station. 

Tickets for the four-day Ladbrokes St. Leger Festival in September go on sale from this coming Monday, February 6.