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Ripon’s fourth evening meeting of the summer takes place on Monday (July 8), when racing begins at 6-20 p.m.

The feature race is The Summer Sprint Trophy, a handicap contest for three-year-old sprinters over six furlongs, offering increased prize money of £12,000 while the same age group is catered for in The Follow @AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap Stakes over one mile and a half.

 

Athenian, trained at Newmarket by Sir Mark Prescott won the main race last year.

 

The Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival Coming Soon Handicap Stakes is contested over one mile, and draws attention to the county-wide Festival which begins at Ripon on Saturday, July 20.

 

There’s musical entertainment on Monday evening, courtesy of The Fanfare Brass Band, while Ripon’s permanent giant screen will enable racegoers to follow all of the action, including racing from the other evening meeting at Windsor.