Beverley’s annual August Bank Holiday Sunday Meeting takes place this weekend (August 24), with a host of attractions for young racegoers in the Course Enclosure, provided as usual (for a nominal fee) by The Beverley Lions, along with Ferret racing. 

Adults are catered for with a combined Folk Festival (‘live’ music between racing from various bands on the Lavender Lawn) The Wold Top Beer Festival, offering a selection of over 30 hand-pulled real ales in the Minster Bar. 

Racing on Sunday is scheduled to begin at 2-20 p.m. with The John Jenkins Memorial Claiming Stakes, a race which commemorates a local vet who was a member of the racecourse for many years. This is the 14th year a race has been held in his memory. 

The Constant Security Handicap Stakes (a contest for three-year-olds over the extended mile) and The R & R Country Stores Nursery Handicap Stakes for two-year-olds over five furlongs are featured, while the Final Round of the Beverley Middle Distance Series (now in its fourth year) is a Handicap contest over one mile and a half. 

The players of Old Crossleyans Rugby Club of Halifax make their annual visit to Beverley to support a contest for maiden two-year-olds in conjunction with The European Breeders’ Fund. It’s the club’s 90th anniversary year. 

Three-year-olds have their opportunity in The Beverley Lions Handicap Stakes (five furlongs) and The Malton Marquees Supporting Jack Berry House Handicap Stakes (one mile and a quarter). The latter race involves the Staintondale Hunt presenting a cheque in support of Jack Berry House – the state-of-the-art jockeys’ rehabilitation centre which is being constructed in Malton. 

When racing has concluded, there’s a special charity race by stable staff attached to Malton trainers – The Betfair Malton Stable Staff Sprint – to raise funds for The Injured Jockeys’ Fund. The race also draws attention to the Malton Stables Open Day the following Sunday (August 31) 

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