Monday, July 12, 2004
MEDIEVAL NIGHT - A KNIGHT TO SAVOUR AT BEVERLEY!
Medieval Night at Beverley on Monday evening (July 19) - the fourth and final evening fixture of the summer on the Westwood - features in the Course Enclosure various medieval games such as Jousting Knights, a hog roast and a Medieval Village where The Order Of The Fighting Knights will provide various medieval demonstrations. The stiltwalker Sir Lupin of Pipwithers and a static falconry display are further entertainment while there's music courtesy of The Grinnigogs strolling medieval minstrels.
Racing on Monday evening begins at 6.35 p.m. with The Old Gravel Pits Allerthorpe Claiming Stakes (five furlongs) sponsored by Doctor Eddie Moll, a former racecourse doctor.
Regular sponsors, I. J. Blakey Haulage Co. Ltd. Of Hull, return to Beverley for the 18th year to support a race for three-year-olds over one mile and a quarter, while another Hull-based company, MKM Building Supplies also continue to support Beverley's racing programme with The MKM Building Supplies Handicap Stakes contested over the extended seven furlongs.
The longest race on the card, a maiden handicap contest for stayers over two miles, is named after the Hull-based charity, The Sailors' Families' Society, which provides financial and practical support to families of sailors injured or suffering from a serious illness. Monday evening's fund-raising activities for the Society are supported by UBC Limited - Europe's leading bulk logistics provider who sponsor the Society's marquee for entertaining as well as putting their name to a race for novice two-year-olds supported by The European Breeders Fund.
CD Bramall Beverley Ford support the evening's final race, a Classified Stakes contest over one mile and a quarter. The company will have a selection of Ford vehicles on display near the parade ring.
The giant totesport Screen will assist racegoers in following all of the action.
RIPON'S CHARITY SATURDAY BENEFITS THE LEEDS CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY CAMP ASSOCIATION
The 15th annual Institute of Journalists Royal Charter Meeting at Ripon on Saturday (July 17) will raise funds for The Leeds Children's Holiday Camp Association which is celebrating its centenary. The Association runs a holiday camp at Silverdale near Morecambe Bay, relying entirely on voluntary donations to fund the facility and send youngsters from deprived areas of Leeds to enjoy holidays at the camp.
The highlight of the afternoon's racing programme is The Ripon Bell-Ringer Stakes, a £20,000-added handicap contest over the extended one mile and a half, while The Leeds Hospital Fund Handicap Stakes is run over one mile and a quarter.
Leeds-based Centaur Clothes Ltd. support the Selling race for the tenth year and will once again provide a £200 clothing voucher to the person responsible for the best turned-out horse in this contest for two-year-olds.
Heuston Hospitality, a Sheffield-based company that organises hospitality for hotels in Britain and overseas, support this charity day for the second time, sponsoring a race for maiden handicap sprinters over six furlongs, while the concluding race, The Dobson Gaskets C & J Anniversary Median Auction Maiden Stakes, a race that celebrates Peter Jeffery's parent's Ruby Wedding Anniversary E. Dobson & Co (Gaskets) Ltd, a family-owned company based in Keighley, are sponsors of the race.
Racing on Saturday begins at 2.20 p.m. with The Institute of Journalists Maiden Stakes, a contest for two-year-old fillies supported by The European Breeders Fund.
The Ripon City Band will entertain racegoers from the racecourse bandstand, while the course's pair of playgrounds will be in use. The permanent giant screen will assist racegoers in following all of the action on the track, as well as showing racing from the 'away' meetings.
CATTERICK'S CHARITY RACEDAY AIDS ST. TERESA'S HOSPICE
The second annual charity raceday in aid of St. Teresa's Hospice of Darlington takes place at Catterick on Wednesday (July 21).
Proceeds will go towards the work of St. Teresa's Hospice, which provides free help for patients and carers across Teesdale, South Durham and North Yorkshire. The services include day care and home support; complementary therapies, an In-Patient unit and bereavement support.
The seven-race programme, which is scheduled to begin at 2.20 p.m., and The Darlington Operatic Society return to sponsor a contest in support of St. Teresa's Hospice.
The afternoon's final race is the seventh running of The Willie Carson - Pinker's Pond Apprentice Handicap Stakes, a race over seven furlongs which commemorates the first-ever winner ridden by Willie Carson OBE, who went on to be one of the world's finest jockeys in the modern era, becoming the British champion jockey on five occasions.
Carson rode Pinker's Pond to victory at Catterick, as an apprentice rider, on 19 July 1962. It was the first of 3,828 winners Carson rode in Britain on the Flat, including 17 British Classics. Only Sir Gordon Richards, Pat Eddery and Lester Piggott have ridden more British winners than Carson. Pinker's Pond was trained at Middleham in North Yorkshire by the late Gerald Armstrong, to whom the young Carson was apprenticed; Wednesday's race conditions are similar to the race won by the Scotsman 41 years ago - a contest for youngsters who have yet to ride a winner.
There's a variety of attractions for children in the Course Enclosure including bouncy castles, a magician, roundabouts and Punch & Judy shows, while a jazz band provide the musical entertainment.
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