Harvey Smith gets into the spirit of Christmas to launch the 2nd Go Racing in Yorkshire Winter Festival which takes place between 26th and 29th December at Wetherby, Catterick and Doncaster.
The Winter Festival comes hot on the heels of a highly successful Summer Festival earlier this year and brings together 3 Yorkshire racecourses on 4 consecutive days during Christmas week.
The Festival starts on the 26th December (Boxing Day) at Wetherby, Yorkshire’s traditional home of Christmas racing, with the two-day William Hill Yorkshire Winter Festival before moving to Catterick on the 28th and finishing at Doncaster on Sunday 29th December.
This year’s entertainment includes stilt walkers and fire eaters who will be welcoming racegoers at each of the racecourses. There’s a racecard competition to win 2 badges for the Sky Bet Chase day at Doncaster on Saturday, 24th January and includes overnight stay for two at the Crown Inn Bawtry. Entry forms will be printed in the racecard every day.
A special “find the snowflake” competition aimed at family racegoers will feature at each course, encouraging family and younger racegoers to hunt out the snowflake with one lucky winner at each racecourse wining a goodie bag and a family admission ticket to February Fun event courtesy of Stockeld Park near Wetherby.
John Sexton, Chairman of Go Racing in Yorkshire commented “On these short winter days, it is great to be look forward to something special and the Go Racing In Yorkshire Winter Festival certainly fits the bill.
This mini-Festival covers the three Yorkshire jumping courses of Wetherby, Catterick and Doncaster is the perfect complement to the highly-successful Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival offering, as it does, lots of fun and high quality, exciting racing for all the family”.
Keep up to date with the Festival by following Go Racing In Yorkshire’s social media pages for news updates and competitions.
For more information including advanced ticket sales promotion and discounts visit the individual course websites.