Salisbury Racecourse hosted its first race meeting of the 2019 season on Sunday and welcomed a crowd of 4,000 to their Byerley Stud sponsored Season Opener Family Day, on a dry but fresh-feeling day.
The eight-race card opened with a stylish debut win for Andrew Balding’s Symbolize to land The Simon & Nerys Dutfield Memorial Novice Stakes under David Probert.
The evening started with success for Welsh trainer, David Evans, who saddled the lightly raced colt Dark Optimist to land The George Smith Horseboxes EBF Maiden.
It was unseasonably damp and cold at Salisbury for their fifth fixture of the season. 32mm of rain in the 18 hours before racing meant the ground was soft, heavy in places.
Racing was complimented by plenty of children’s entertainment in the Sarum enclosure, including face painting, mini fairground rides, Crazy Creatures tent, puppet shows and inflatables.
Saturday evening saw Salisbury host its hugely popular ‘Ladies’ Evening’, with a live music performance after racing from the We Love Little Mix tribute band.
Saturday saw Salisbury host another hugely popular evening race meeting with a post racing concert from The Best Of Wham! which was well supported by a lively crowd!
Salisbury Racecourse welcomed a crowd of 6,500 to their Netherhampton track, across two days for their Summer Holiday Family Fun Days with a bumper 8 race card each day.