Others have a flutter on Rasen races with our Brigg town centre bookmakers.
There's a big meeting coming up at the end of this month which has added interest for real ale lovers - of which Brigg has many (us included, of course!)
FROM MARKET RASEN RACECOURSE
To mark the occasion – 188Bet Prelude Raceday on Saturday, 30th September – the Lincolnshire track is teaming up with Fiskerton’s Ferry Ales Brewery to offer visitors a special treat.
The Brocklesby Lawn will host a Beer Festival, including real ales.
The racing highlights are the £50,000 Listed 188Bet Prelude Steeple Chase and the £35,000 Listed 188Bet Prelude Hurdle on what is the most valuable jump racing card in Britain during September.
The top jumps training yards always target these valuable races as National Hunt racing steps up a gear for the autumn and winter.
Nadia Powell, General Manager, Market Rasen Racecourse, said: “Spectators at the racecourse on 188Bet Prelude Raceday get the best of both worlds. There is an exciting jump racing card, indeed the richest in Britain during September. We are also delighted to have created a partnership with Lincolnshire’s Ferry Ales Brewery to stage a beer festival. It’s a great way to say goodbye to the summer jumping season as we look forward to the sporting delights of the months ahead.”
A special advance only ticket promotion is being offered – two Tattersalls admission badges for £26 (£18 each on the day).
The code to use online or by telephone on the tickets hotline, 0344 579 3009, is BEER17.
More details can be found about racing and tickets bought in advance at http://marketrasen.thejockeyclub.co.uk
Racing starts at 2.10pm on Saturday, 30th September, with gates open two hours before. Adult tickets are from £9 in advance, with accompanied children admitted free of charge.
Real ale fans can find out more about Ferry Ales Brewery and its FAB beers through this link.
1 comment:
Speed is important in horse racing....it gets the horse and rider from start to finish in a quick time...
But while on the subject of 'speed', but unable comment on the previous post: it is very misleading to suggest a so-called road safety campaign to reduce speed is positively correlated to a reduction in traffic accidents....there are many other aspects can and do play a part and to concentrate on speed as the main cause is totally erroneous.
For example, government's own statistics for fatal and serious accidents show that 'speed' has been considered causing factor in a very low percentage of such accidents.
I'm not advocating 'excessive speed' should be ignored, but there are more important factors, such as 'lack of experience', 'distraction', 'failure to observe', 'fatigue/falling asleep', 'ignoring road signs' which creep in such official statistics.
But why concentrate on speed: perhaps because 'speed' is easily assessed....unlike other significant factors, which are harder to observe, and needs a passing police car to detect.
I travel on the motorway system quite often and there are numerous guys who travel in excess of 80mph....but who is the more dangerous, these drivers, or the one's who travel at 45mph in the middle lane? Ironically, it's the fast driver who is likely to fall victim to the speed camera, that the driver who is effectively causing a serious obstruction on a highway that is designed for fast traffic.
In some USA States max speed limits were increased and fatal and serious accidents declined.
'Exceeding the speed limit' and 'Excess Speed' are too distinct aspects.
The former is an arbitrary speed limit imposed by a government/local authority, while 'Excessive Speed' relates to going too fast according to the road conditions....i.e. spinning off an icy road at 45mph on a 60mph limit road: travelling at 25mph in a 30mph limit through a crowd of school kids and etc....
But where do the Speed Cameras get positioned? - at sites where there has been a series of traffic accidents (not necessarily caused by exceeding the speed limit) to catch the so-called speeding driver....indeed, a strange resultant assumption when 'Exceeding the speed limit' has perhaps never been considered a factor in the previous accidents.
Perhaps, more emphasis should be placed on road-side eye-sight checks: the reasons why some drivers drive at slow speeds on open roads and motorways: why some drivers turn right at the Tesco exit: the drivers who tail-gate: those drivers who swerve between traffic: those drivers who fail to indicate their intentions: pedestrians who are distracted by wearing head-phones while crossing the road.....etc.
Essentially, statically, 'Exceeding a speed limit' is a very small factor in fatal and serious accidents....in about 97 percent of such accidents are caused by other officially assessed reasons....buff said!
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