Doncaster’s season over Jumps continues this Saturday (December 14) with The BetVictor Christmas Meeting; the seven-race programme is set to begin at 11-55 a.m.
Leading online bookmaker, BetVictor.com once again support this fixture, sponsoring a quartet of races including The BetVictor Summit Juvenile Hurdle (a £27,500 Grade 2 contest for leading three-year-old hurdlers) and The BetVictor Handicap Chase, a contest for stayers over three miles offering prize money of £20,000.
Kashmir Peak, trained at Malton by John Quinn, won last year’s BetVictor Summit Juvenile Hurdle, and went on to compete in the Grade 1 JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Regular sponsors, The Crown Hotel, Bawtry support a contest for novice hurdlers, while Saturday’s card also includes The Macmillan Novices’ Chase (a race won last year by Rocky Creek, who recently finished runner-up in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury) and The DFS Supports Macmillan Handicap Hurdle.
Macmillan Cancer Support will have an ‘Information Bus’ at Saturday’s meeting and they are being supported by DFS – the Doncaster-based upholstery manufacturer and retailer.
Santa Claus will make an appearance during the afternoon, and there will be a giant snow globe photo booth and fun casino tables, courtesy of Napoleons Casino.
The giant screen situated opposite the main stands will enable racegoers to see all of the action, including racing from Cheltenham. A shuttle bus will be in operation from the railway station.