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EXCITING SATURDAY EVENING ACTION AT SALISBURY IN JULY

Posted July 5th, 2004

Inaugural Saturday evening fixtures at Wiltshire's racecourse.

July sees two exciting evening fixtures at Salisbury racecourse, on Saturday, July 10 and Saturday, July 24.

This is the first time ever that racing has taken place at Wiltshire's racecourse on a Saturday evening with the fixtures transferred from their traditional Friday slots.

Saturday, July 10, sees the return of the hugely popular LADIES' EVENING at Salisbury and offers the perfect opportunity for women to dress up in their finest attire with great prizes on offer for those judged to be the best dressed.

Action gets underway on July 10 with the CARNARVON AMATEUR RIDERS' HANDICAP (6.35pm) and runs through to the FTX LOGISTICS HANDICAP (9.05pm). The feature race of the evening is the £25,000-added EBF LADIES EVENING CLASSIFIED STAKES (8.35pm), a seven-furlong contest for three-year-olds. Last season Mubeen, trained in Newmarket by Ed Dunlop, was successful in this event and has subsequently gone on to a successful career in Dubai, winning a £54,000 handicap in March.

The main supporting race is the £10,000-added JACKSONS GROUP MERCEDES-BENZ RATED STAKES (8.05pm), a mile contest for three-year-olds.

Completing the six-race card on July 10 are the PETER & SARAH GRUBB WEDDING ANNIVERSARY NOVICE AUCTION STAKES (7.05pm) and the GEORGE SMITH HORSEBOXES EBF MAIDEN STAKES (7.35pm).

Saturday, July 24, also sees a six-race programme with the highlight being the £10,000-added CITY CABS SALISBURY RATED FILLIES' STAKES (8.50pm), run over seven furlongs for three-year-olds. Wantage trainer Henry Candy sent out Penelewey to victory 12 months ago, with the Groom Dancer filly going on to triumph in a Newmarket handicap later in the season.

Opening the evening is the £8,000 SAFFIE JOSEPH & SONS MAIDEN STAKES (6.20pm), a six-furlong race for two-year-olds. The Mick Channon-trained Zafeen took this contest in 2002 and the following season proved himself a colt of the very highest order when successful the Group One St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

The remaining four races on July 24 are the FONTHILL STUD MAIDEN STAKES (6.50pm), the MANOR FARM MEATS PREMIER CLAIMING STAKES (7.20pm), the APPROACH VAUXHALL HANDICAP (7.50pm) and the WESTERN DAILY PRESS HANDICAP (8.20pm).

Both evenigs will feature a big screen to help racegoers keep up with all the action and full colour racecards will also be available. Gates open at 4.30pm on both days.

Jeremy Martin, Clerk of the Course and General Manager at Salisbury, commented: "We are very much looking forward to our first Saturday evening fixtures at Salisbury later this month. Hopefully, they will prove to be an even greater success than when they were held on a Friday.

"The quality of racing at Salisbury continues to improve. Our four days of racing in June saw some informative maidens while the Godolphin operation scored with all three of their runners during the month. There was also an impressive victory by the progressive sprinter and July Cup contender Moss Vale in the Listed Axminster Carpets Cathedral Stakes."

Admission prices for both fixtures in July are Members £16, Tattersalls £10 and Course £5 and, as at all Salisbury's meetings, accompanied children under 16 are admitted FREE.

For further information, please call Jeremy Martin at Salisbury Racecourse on 01722 326461

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