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  TUESDAY ACTION AT CATTERICK
 
The penultimate meeting of Catterick’s season over Jumps takes place next Tuesday (February 25). The seven-race programme is scheduled to begin at 2-20 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 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. He was owned and bred by Mrs. Gwen Blow and her grandson, Clive Simpson is supporting the race.
 
The Cheltenham Preview Evening 28th February Novices’ Chase is contested over the extended three miles and one furlong and the title refers to the special Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening at Catterick on Friday evening, 28th February in aid of Racing Welfare. Tickets costing £10 for the evening can be obtained from the racecourse and this includes a pie & pea supper. There’s also a cash bar. The panel is chaired by local racing personality, Bill Warby and includes North Yorkshire-based first season trainer, Rebecca Menzies, Racing Post journalist, David Carr and racing pundit, Andy Gibson.
 
The EPDS Racing Welfare BTO Series 2014 Handicap Hurdle – a contest for stayers over the extended three miles and one furlong – is the second race in a national series. The EPDS Racing Welfare Best Turned-Out Series held at racecourses throughout the UK in support of racing stable staff. The Series culminates at Huntingdon in December. The person responsible for the best turned-out horse in Tuesday’s race will receive a £50 prize and an EPDS Racing Welfare gilet. A points system for stable staff operates throughout the Series.
 
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.