Simon Crisford takes aim at the biggest prize of his short training career when First Selection runs in the Brian Yeardley Continental Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday.
County Durham trainer Michael Dods believes Easton Angel can cope with a rise in grade when she runs in the Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley on Saturday.
Paul Mulrennan has no intention of relinquishing his crown as top jockey at Beverley ahead of the track’s curtain-raiser on Wednesday.
Julie Burke and Tribal Myth couldn’t live up to their star billing at Beverley this week. The Beverley Scholarship jockey had won her previous two outings on Tribal Myth on the Westwood this season and was looking to make it a hat-trick in Tuesday’s big race, the Siemens Chemical Process Handicap. But a strong field made life tough for Burke, and she could only come home in fourth on the…
Sprinters get the run of the Westwood on Saturday 28th in Beverley Racecourse’s latest high-class meeting. And in the Brian Yeardley Continental Two-Year-Old Trophy (3.45pm), the classiest field of the season so far on the Westwood gathers to fight for the almost £10,000 first prize. It’s a class field of two-year-olds who have all showed winning form in their first season, so it is worth looking at draw and form…
Dozy and Jamie Spencer claimed the top prize at Beverley Racecourse tonight (Wednesday). Spencer brought home the Kevin Ryan-trained two year-old to its second victory in two races in the Hilary Needler Trophy Conditional Stakes. The filly came in at 9-2, well clear of favourite Frankie Dettori on Vocational. Pass Muster and Royston Ffrench claimed the 7pm race, the Kevin Donkin Memorial Handicap. [nggallery id=1501]
Beverley Racecourse’s first meeting of the season was blessed by fantastic weather on the Westwood. Thousands of punters enjoyed the conditions for the suitably named ‘Spring Into Racing At Beverley’ meeting. Among those making the most of a superb day of racing were former Hull City captain Ian Ashbee, BBC Radio Humberside legend David Burns and Beverley ARLC manager Richard Shaw. The racing got off to a slightly muted start…
The prolific Kevin Ryan/ Philip Makin partnership was in top form as they claimed the main prize at Beverley Racecourse’s first meeting of the season. Makin rode 14/1 shot Breathless Kiss to victory in the ‘Spring Into Racing At Beverley’ Handicap, the day’s feature race. In a tense finish, Makin’s class shone through as he drove Breathless Kiss home to beat the nearest challenger, 8-1 shot Beat The Bell, by…