Beverley’s annual Bank Holiday fixture on May Day Monday (May 5) features a host of family attractions in the Course Enclosure from when the gates open at noon, including a play area and an animal petting farm with lambs, chicks, piglets and rabbits. The crazy flower stiltwalkers and face-painting are also further attractions, along with ferret racing and Maypole dancing, while youngsters can meet a former racehorse in the care of New Beginnings, a Yorkshire-based enterprise which cares for retired racehorses.   Racing is scheduled to begin at 2-05 p.m., and the highlights on a seven-race programme include The Swan Industrial Drives Handicap Stakes (extended mile), The Peter Walford Memorial Handicap Stakes (one mile and a quarter) and The Strawberry Sprint Stakes – a contest for three-year-old sprinters.   The giant screen will assist race-goers to follow all of the action on the track.