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TWO FABULOUS EVENINGS AT SALISBURY IN JULY

Posted July 11th 2006

With the season now at the halfway point, Salisbury racecourse offers racegoers two exciting Saturday evening fixtures in July.

The first of the two fixtures is on Saturday, July 15, which is Ladies Evening. There will be every incentive for the ladies to don their finest attire as a number of exciting prizes will be up for grabs for the best dressed women of the evening, with the star prize being a £400 voucher to use at Planet clothing shops.

Opening the racing action is the £5,500 BATHWICK TYRES LADY RIDERS' SERIES HANDICAP (6.35pm) over six furlongs, followed by the £7,000-added UPTON McGOUGAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS 25th ANNIVERSARY NOVICE AUCTION STAKES (7.05pm), over the same distance.

Race three, the £7,500-added HERITAGE AUDI QUATTRO CELEBRATION EBF MAIDEN STAKES (7.35pm) over seven furlongs, saw a thrilling finish last year as Humungous defeated Opera Cape by a neck. The runner-up subsequently won the Group Three Solario Stakes at Sandown and concluded the year by finishing an excellent third to Sir Percy in the Group One Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. The £11,000 COLD SERVICE LIMITED HANDICAP (8.05pm) over a mile and the £5,500 EDWARD NUTTALL HANDICAP (8.35pm) over a mile and a half are next on the agenda while the action concludes with the richest race of the evening, the £18,000 EBF LADIES EVENING FILLIES' HANDICAP (9.05pm) over a mile.

Saturday, July 29, is the date of Salisbury's second evening fixture and offers another competitive six-race card. The £6,000 CARNARVON AMATEUR RIDERS' HANDICAP (6.10pm) over a mile opens the proceedings, followed by the HIGHLAND PARK SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY MAIDEN STAKES (6.40pm). Stratham was the victorious horse in the latter race last year and was subsequently sold to race in the USA, where he recently won the Grade Three Will Rogers Stakes at Hollywood Park. Completing the racing action are the £8,500 GLENSIDE MANOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES LTD MAIDEN STAKES (7.10pm), the £5,500 TURFSURF EQUINE SURFACING CLAIMING STAKES (7.40pm), the £6,000 WESTOVER GROUP HANDICAP (8.10pm) and the £12,500 SUBSCRIBE TO RACING UK ON 08700 50 69 57 FILLIES' HANDICAP.

Both fixtures offer racegoers a big screen to keep up with all the action and full-colour racecards will are available. There is also plenty of entertainment to keep children amused. Admission prices for both fixtures are Members' Enclosure £18, Tattersalls Enclosure £11 and Course Enclosure £6, but reduced rates are available for all three enclosures by booking up to seven working days in advance. Accompanied children under 16 gain free admission and car parking is free. Gates open at 4.30pm on both days.

Racing at Salisbury continues to go from strength to strength. Recent Budweiser Irish Derby victor, Dylan Thomas, was beaten a neck in the Group Three skybet.com Autumn Stakes in October, 2005, meaning that two Derby winners ran at Salisbury last season following on from Sir Percy's triumph earlier this season in the Epsom Derby.

Salisbury's historic Bibury Meeting, on June 28 and 29, saw plenty of good performances, as large fields took advantage of the good ground conditions. Notable performances included the Marcus Tregoning-trained juvenile Majaales, who looks capable of going on to better things and the Ed McMahon-trained Rainbow Mirage, who could now bid for the valuable Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar later in the season.

At the halfway point of the season, the most successful trainers at Salisbury in 2006 have been Richard Hannon and David Elsworth, each recording four winners. John Egan has been the jockey to follow with four wins in 2006, followed by Ryan Moore on three victories.

Jeremy Martin, Salisbury's Clerk of the Course, commented: "June was a fantastic month for us at Salisbury and the Bibury Meeting continued its fine tradition of producing great racing. It was quite a day on the Thursday when Richard Hills' win was immediately followed by his son, Patrick's first ever win.

"Following Dylan Thomas' victory in the Budweiser Irish Derby on July 2, we now have two Derby winners that ran at Salisbury as two-year-olds, following on from Sir Percy, and this proves that Salisbury is right up there as a venue for the very best juveniles."

For further information, please contact: Jeremy Martin 01722 326461 or 07880 744999

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