Market Rasen Racecourse is
getting ready for one of its most popular days of the year … the traditional
Easter Monday fixture on 21st April. As it’s the last day of the
Easter school holidays in Lincolnshire - and with accompanied under 18s being
given free admission to the racecourse as usual - it’s a splendid opportunity
for a very affordable Family Fun Day out.
Pip Kirkby, General Manager
of Market Rasen Racecourse,
said: “We’re thrilled to be hosting
racing on Easter Monday and we’re looking forward to welcoming a big Bank
Holiday family crowd. They’ll certainly be entertained with lots of fun
activities in addition to the horse racing.”
There will be fairground stalls
with prizes, an inflatable slide, an obstacle course, cub carts, face painting
and balloon modelling – plus free Easter bunnies and eggs for children on
arrival at the racecourse.
At
www.marketrasenraces.co.uk can be found an
‘Easter Bunny Bundle Offer’ which comprises of Tattersalls admission, a food
voucher to the value of £5 and a race card – all for a price of £20. And
accompanied children are admitted free of charge. Gates open at 11.45am and the
first race is at 1.45pm. On-the-day adult
prices: Family Enclosure £7.50; Tattersalls £16; County Enclosure
£22.
Tickets
for all racing fixtures at Market Rasen Racecourse can be bought in advance
online at www.marketrasenraces.co.uk or on 0844 579
3009. Savings of up to 25% are available on advance
purchases.
Potted guide to a day at
the races
Horse racing has rarely been
more popular since the 1950s, with up to six million people visiting Britain’s
racecourses every year, making it Britain’s second most popular spectator
sport. Market Rasen Racecourse is playing its part, offering excellent family
days out, especially as accompanied under 18s are always admitted
free.
So, what should first time or
inexperienced visitors know when they go racing?
Race-day programme:
The official programme is invaluable.
The silks worn by the jockeys are displayed in colour. The programme shows the
recent record of each horse running, the weight the horse will carry in the
race, and the name of the jockey and trainer.
Betting: You can put your money on with the on-course bookmakers
or with the Tote. You ‘take a price’ with a bookmaker at the time when you put
your money on, whereas with the Tote the bet goes into a pool, with the winnings
decided after the race.
Making your
selection: You can watch the horses in
the parade ring. Read the form – or just choose your favourite jockey or a
horse whose name you like or whose rider is wearing your favourite colour!
After all, it’s just a bit of fun.
The
races:
Now watch the races from the grandstands and cheer the winners as they come back
into the winners’ enclosure.
About Market Rasen
Racecourse
Market Rasen Racecourse is
staging 21 jump racing meetings in 2014 and is a leading conference and events
centre in the East Midlands. More information is available at www.marketrasenraces.co.uk.
Market Rasen Racecourse is part
of The Jockey Club, which has been at the heart of British racing for more than
260 years. Today the largest commercial group in the sport, The Jockey Club runs
the largest racecourse group in the UK by turnover (2012: £142.1m), courses (15)
including those at Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and Newmarket, attendances
(2012: 1.8m), total prize money (2012: £35.3m), contribution to prize money
(2012: £16.5m) and quality racing (Group and Graded races); more than 3,000
acres of world-class training grounds in Newmarket and Lambourn; The National
Stud breeding enterprise and education provider; and the charity for racing's
people in need, Racing Welfare. Governed by Royal Charter, every penny The
Jockey Club makes it puts back into British racing. More information is
available at www.thejockeyclub.co.uk.
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