Speed is the theme of racing at Beverley this Saturday (August 30), with leading sprinters taking part in the afternoon’s feature race, The Betfred Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes. 

Racing begins at 1-55 p.m., although prior to the opening race, young riders are featured in a couple of pony races starting at one o’clock, as part of a national series of pony races throughout the UK, The Charles Owen Series under the auspices of The Pony Racing Authority.

 Saturday’s principal race is the eleventh renewal of The Betfred Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes, a Listed race for sprinters over the minimum distance of five furlongs, offering prize money of £40,000. Last year’s winner, Stepper Point has distinguished himself in Group 1 races this summer, finishing runner-up to Sole power in both The King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June and last week’s Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York. Previous winners of this race include Borderlescott and Tangerine Trees – both former winners of the ‘Yorkshire Horse of the Year’ award.

 Three-year-olds take part in The Betfred ‘Racing’s Biggest Supporter’ Handicap Stakes, a £20,000 contest over one mile and a quarter. Saturday’s opening race, The EBF George Kilburn Memorial Maiden Stakes, a contest for two-year-old fillies, remembers a former Director of Beverley racecourse, while apprentice jockeys take part in the afternoon’s concluding race. 

There are funfair rides for youngsters in the Course enclosure. 

The giant screen will be in use helping racegoers to follow all of the action.