Monday Blues Evening’ at Thirsk next Monday (August 11) is a seven-race programme which gets underway at 5-25 p.m. 

There’s musical entertainment throughout the evening on the bandstand by a Blues and 60’s band, and the course’s final evening meeting of the season begins with The Betfair Novice Flat Amateur Riders Handicap Stakes, a contest over two miles which is part of a series for novice amateur riders supported by leading betting exchange, Betfair, which culminates in a Final at Carlisle later this month. 

The Market Cross Jewellers Handicap Stakes is a race for three-year-old sprinters over five furlongs, while The Calverts Carpets Handicap Stakes is a contest for three-year-olds over a mile.  

The giant screen, situated opposite the stands, will enable racegoers to follow even more of the action on the track and the children’s playground in the Family Enclosure will be in use.