Beverley is set to stage the popular Friday evening and Saturday afternoon July meeting this weekend (July 5 & 6), beginning at 6-30 p.m. and 1-55 p.m. respectively.

Friday evening features three races supported by the Hull-based independent family-owned company, William Jackson Food Group, it being the 44th year they have sponsored on the Westwood. The trio of races are Jackson’s Yorkshire Champion Bread Handicap Stakes (over the extended seven furlongs), The Aunt Bessie’s Roastiness Novice Stakes (for two-year-olds over five furlongs also supported by The European Breeders’ Fund) and The Ferguson Fawsitt Arms Handicap Stakes (for sprinters over five furlongs). 

Leading independent power transmission distributors, Swan Industrial Drives (Hull) Ltd. sponsor for the second time at Beverley when they support a handicap contest for three-year-olds over the extended mile, while the longest race of the evening, The Beverley Middle Distance Series Handicap Stakes (one mile and a half) is part of a special series of races this season on the Westwood; a series now in its third year.

Racegoers on Friday evening can have a go on the TribFest Silent Disco situated on the new Lavender Lawn.

It’s Coachman Caravans Day on Saturday, with the seven-race programme supported by regular sponsors of racing at Beverley, the award-winning Coachman Caravans of Hull, in conjunction with their suppliers and dealers. The principal race is The Coachman Caravans Quality Handicap Stakes, a contest for ORANGE (‘Go Racing in sprinters over five furlongs, while The Eltherington Stakes is a handicap contest over the extended seven furlongs for three-year-olds.

 The giant screen will assist racegoers to follow all of the action on the track, as well as the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes from Sandown Park on Saturday afternoon.