Doncaster’s second consecutive Thursday evening meeting next week (July 25) is part of the 2013 ‘Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival’, aimed to showcase all that is best about racing in the county. Residents who have a DN or S postcode can enjoy free access into the Family Enclosure and discounted admission into other enclosures – ON A PRE-BOOKED BASIS – at this evening meeting.
Racegoers wishing to take up these offers, including registering for the free tickets, must book online in advance of Thursday’s meeting on www.doncaster-racecourse.co.uk and using the promo code ’SYDAY’.
Racing begins at 5-35 p.m. with The crownhotel-bawtry.com Maiden Stakes, while the fully-sponsored racing programme features The Sky Bet Supporting The Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival Fillies’ Handicap Stakes, The Infinity Ecosis Tyres Handicap Stakes, The Esquires Coffee Partnered With Doncaster Knights Handicap Stakes, The Saint Gobain Weber Maiden Fillies’ Stakes, The 1stsecuritysolutions.co.uk Handicap Stakes and The James Pearson 80th Birthday Handicap Stakes.
Former racehorses now under the care of ‘New Beginnings’, a Yorkshire-based community interest company, are in attendance throughout the Festival, enabling racegoers to see them at close hand. Also, racegoers will be able to obtain information regarding some of the local racing syndicates and racehorse ownership from the ‘Go racing in Yorkshire’ mobile information unit.
Yorkshire Radio will be broadcasting from the course as part of their commitment to the ‘Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival’ and there’s a preview of the evening’s racing in the winners’ enclosure, along with Paddock commentaries prior to each race.
There’s also the chance to win a VIP day out on the final day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival at York next month – including a £200 bet with Sky Bet and an overnight stay at Raithwaite Hall – in a special racecard competition running throughout the Festival. Younger racecgoers can enter a Mascot-naming competition for a chance to win family day tickets to a Yorkshire meeting in 2014 and a Sugar Rush sweetie hamper.
The giant screen, situated opposite the main stands will enable racegoers to see all of the action. A shuttle bus service will be in operation from the railway station.