Trainer Pam Sly is this Wednesday (May 30) determined to finally end a 13-year wait for a Beverley winner.
Sly has hit the target just once from 45 previous runners at the picturesque East Yorkshire venue.
Archie Watson claimed a first juvenile winner of the season at Beverley last week and attempts to repeat the dose with Quiet Endeavour on Tuesday (May 15).
The talented Upper Lambourn handler saddles the unraced son of Society Rock in division one of the five-furlong Racing UK Now In HD Novice Stakes at 2.10pm.
Jacbequick would be a most appropriate winner on Bygone Beverley Raceday on Bank Holiday Monday (May 7).
The years have rolled by since the seven-year-old, now trained by David O’Meara, made his racecourse debut on the Westwood back in June 2013.
Beverley racecourse will on Bank Holiday Monday (May 7) pay its respects to former leading jockey Mark Birch by staging a race named in his memory.
Birch, who died of lung cancer in October 2016 at the age of 67, enjoyed a 30-year association with Peter Easterby and twice won the Chester Cup aboard the legendary Sea Pigeon.
North Yorkshire trainer Bryan Smart expects a strong display from Alfa McGuire when the talented colt attempts to preserve his unbeaten record at Beverley on Thursday (April 26).
The son of Lord Shanakill won twice at the East Yorkshire circuit as a juvenile and makes his seasonal reappearance in the £12,000 Alan McGuiness And Robin Lunness Memorial Handicap (2.35pm).
Beverley’s first meeting of the season on Wednesday (April 18) has been abandoned as the track is waterlogged in places.
Incessant rainfall in April left three waterlogged areas on the home straight which will not have sufficiently dried out for raceday.
Beverley’s first meeting of the season on Wednesday (April 18) is subject to an 8am inspection on Tuesday morning.
The popular East Yorkshire circuit has been affected by the heavy April downpours which has left a few places of the track waterlogged.
Prominent owner Keith Brown is determined to help ease sad memories from last year by returning to the winner’s enclosure at Beverley this season.
Brown, who is based just nine miles away from Beverley in Swanland, has savoured numerous high-profile triumphs, most notably across the Irish Sea.
People from Beverley or those who have lived here a while – along with those who are regular visitors – will already know what an undiscovered gem our racecourse truly is.
So, why is it so unsung, generally speaking, even among fans of the sport – and is this something that should change?
Beverley Racecourse is stepping back in time to celebrate a distant era of racing on the Westwood.
The course is recreating a raceday in 1960, from a time when the country began to emerge from the post-war blues into a new era of optimism.
With the 2018 Cheltenham Festival now in the books, attentions turn to the upcoming Grand National at Aintree. Run on Saturday 14th April this year, punters have known for some time they will have a new winner following 2017 champion One For Arthur’s early withdrawal due to injury.
Picking that winner is another matter, with players adopting all manner of strategies to beat the bookies. One tactic is doing the groundwork, reading the form and figures of each horse and coming to an educated decision.
Racegoers can expect new themed race meetings, more family-friendly days, new and improved party nights, plus, of course, exhilarating flat racing over one mile and three furlongs on the spectacular Westwood course.
The Beverley Races season gallops out of the stalls with the season opener on April 18 and is quickly into its stride with one of this year’s new highlights – Bygone Beverley – a themed raceday taking us back in time to one of the most defining decades of the 20th century.
Breeders Cup is around the corner, and like every year it’s expected to attract a great deal of betting action. Regardless of how long you’ve been punting on horse races, or whether you are a sports fan that fancies betting on something a tad different- a few handy tips from here and there can always improve your profit margins.
Considering the way horse race betting industry has evolved over the past few decades, it has also led to the emergence of many horse racing tips providers.
Some have called it “unpretentious”, this lovely little racecourse tucked into the East Riding of Yorkshire, in a market town which bears its same name. Established in 1767 when the first Grand Stand was built, the racecourse has all the makings to be, in fact, pretentious, with a 300 hundred year long history and a solid reputation to boot.
However, it decides not to, keeping both feet firmly on the ground but with head held high. Through modernisation of the stands, race track and facilities, the Beverley Racecourse aims for the stars – and with good reason.
Chief executive Sally Iggulden is keen to see the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet upgraded to a Group Three race.
The renowned five-furlong dash has been won by some exceptional sprinters in recent years, with the £50,000 Listed heat brilliantly claimed by Take Cover this season.
Beverley Racecourse has revealed its programme for the 2018 season where the Yorkshire course will host 19 fixtures in what is set to be another packed campaign which will get underway on April 18 with the opening meeting of the year.
Edward Lewis takes aim at a big prize at Beverley’s final meeting of the season on Tuesday when the progressive sprinter runs in the £20,000 Eddie And Violet Smith Conditions Stakes.
The four-year-old gelding was a fine second to Desert Law in the 16-runner Symphony Group Handicap at York last month and now attempts to go one place better at the East Yorkshire circuit.
Photos from Beverley Racecourse where a fair crowd turned out to enjoy an afternoon of racing at the Westwood Track.
People from around the area were at the course including a group of ladies who had headed across from Bridlington to enjoy the day.