The penultimate meeting of Catterick’s season over Jumps takes place next Tuesday (February 24). The seven-race programme is scheduled to begin at 2-30 p.m. with a Handicap Hurdle contest for lady amateur riders.

The Easby Abbey Handicap Chase (two miles) is the afternoon’s feature race, the title of which remembers the locally-bred Easby Abbey, a top-class hurdler (who was runner-up in the 1973 Champion Hurdle to Comedy Of Errors) and successful over fences in the Massey-Ferguson Gold Cup at Cheltenham in 1976. Easby Abbey was owned and bred by Mrs. Gwen Blow and her grandson, Clive Simpson (who looked after him when he retired from the track) once again supports this race.

 The Throughbred Breeders’ Association support a Novices’ Hurdle contest for fillies and mares over two miles and three furlongs.

 The giant screen, situated opposite the main stands, will enable racegoers to enjoy even more of the action. There is a shuttle bus service from Richmond town centre one hour before racing begins and returning after the last race.