Ripon Races are gearing up for a busy few months and the action starts on Monday 4th July with their ‘Blues Brothers Evening’, what better way to dust off that Monday Blues and start your week on a high!

With musical entertainment on Ripon’s bandstand a regular feature at their summer race meetings, Ripon are turning up the gears and welcoming back of the UK’s finest Blues Brothers tribute bands ‘The Jailhouse Blues Brothers’.

The duo will be performing all the hits between races, before performing after racing at around 9.15pm. The course are also staging a variation on the popular ‘Best Dressed Competition’ and are encouraging racegoers to get in the spirit and come dressed as their favourite character from the film. With some great prizes for the top three, including Ripon Races tickets, Lightwater Valley passes and more to be announced!

James Hutchinson, Managing Director and Clerk of the Course said:

“We introduced our Blues Brothers evening last year and it was a roaring success, it was great to see everyone getting dressed up and in the spirit of the evening. The band really are fantastic and it brings a real element of fun to the evening’

There will also be six races on the track with the feature race of the evening, ‘The Wilmot-Smith Memorial Handicap Stakes’ attracting Class 3 runners over a mile and a quarter with a prize fund of £12,000.

Ripon are gearing up for their biggest crowd of the season on Saturday 16th July when they open the ‘Go Racing in Yorkshire Summer Festival’, a celebration of Yorkshire racing over 9 days of action in our county.

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