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The hugely popular Clipper Logistics Racing Personality Show Jumping Competition is set to return to the 32Newmarket Open Weekend on Sunday 17th September. The competition will see British flat racing’s biggest names make the journey back from a Classic clash at Doncaster the previous day, to tackle fences for one afternoon at the Open Weekend’s newly located arena on the Severals.
The competition will challenge the most accomplished of horsemen and women, with double points awarded for those brave enough to take on the ultimate ‘Joker’ fence, and clear the rest of the course in the fastest time. A daunting task for our newcomers to the competition!
Jockeys James Doyle, Silvestre de Sousa, and Josephine Gordon are no strangers to success on the racetrack but have yet to test their skills in the Open Weekend arena, whilst ITV’s Francesca Cumani has agreed to leave her microphone at home for the day and make her debut round count against the jockeys. Rebel Racing’s Richard Spencer will also make his first appearance in the competition and represent Newmarket’s trainers.
Returning competitors Frankie Dettori (Captain), Roger Varian(Captain), Hayley Turner, Adam Kirby, Jamie Spencer, and Andrea Atzeni will also be included in the stellar line- up of riders hoping to knock reigning champion Pat Cosgrave off the top spot on the podium as the competitive spirit from the track spills into the arena.
Josephine Gordon, first-time competitor, commented; “It is always a highlight of the weekend and I am looking forward to taking part in the competition this year. The jockeys may have the advantage, but every pole counts and we’ll need to be careful that a trainer doesn’t sneak in with a nice and steady clear.”
Francesca Cumani won’t be the only ITV star to be seen on Sunday afternoon at the Severals. Oli Bell will be hoping to reverse the form on last year’s NASS Stable Staff vs Martin Collins jockeys & trainers football match. The newly appointed captain returns to the pitch, after the football retirement of previous captain Roger Varian. A penalty shootout secured the win for the stable staff last year and Oli will be relying on Newmarket’s own Jo Hart in goals, Charlie Fellowes, plus the quick feet of jockey Ryan Tate up front in the field, alongside his other team mates.
Early bird tickets cost £18pp for the full weekend, or £13pp for Sunday only, and can be purchased online, at the National Heritage Centre, and at the Jockey Club Estates office in Newmarket. Tickets can also be purchased on the day from any of the equine sites open (£5pp for Saturday only and £15pp for Sunday only). Kids U18 go FREE all weekend. For more information, a full schedule of events, and to purchase tickets for the 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend please visit phpstack-25489-1437829.cloudwaysapps.com
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As the Newmarket Food and Drink Festival returns to the Open Weekend for 2017 in new, FREE access locations, not only will local chefs be showcasing their talents and demonstrating cooking techniques, but they will be joined by two top celebrity chefs, Sophie Grigson on the Saturday and Theo Randall on the Sunday!
Sophie Grigson is one of Britain’s best-loved food-writers and television cooks who now runs her own pop-up cookery school with colleague Hannah Bond, Sophie’s Cookery School in Oxford. A champion of domestic cookery, she is an advocate for eating well and keeping things practical! She’s authored eight successful cooking books, including Spices, Sunshine Food and Organic, which she co-authored with William Black. She has presented nine television series for the BBC, Channel 4 and UKTV Food and has more recently filmed Sophie in the Souk, Sophie Grigson in the Orient and Sophie Grigson in Jordan, amongst others, for The Travel Channel.
Theo Randall started working in River Cafe in 1989 and, after a brief year in California, remained there for 15 years as Head Chef. It was under his patronage that the restaurant received its first Michelin star in 1997. He left to launch Theo Randall at the InterContinental, which opened in November 2006, and has since earned him rave reviews from critics and food lovers alike. In 2016, the award-winning restaurant celebrated its 10th year with an interior refresh and enhanced menu. Theo is a regular on national television and has published two successful recipe books, PASTA in 2006 and My Simple Italian in 2015. Theo has also opened two further restaurants, Theo Mio in Bangkok in 2015 and Theo’s Simple Italian in Barkston Gardens, Earls Court.
Sophie and Theo will be sharing their top tips whilst cooking up a storm in the G’s Fresh Cookery Live Kitchen, located in the Heritage Centre’s Kings Yard. Full schedules coming soon.
Admission to the Newmarket Food & Drink Festival 2017 is FREE; there is no need for an Open Weekend ticket. Find out more: www.newmarketfoodanddrink.co.uk
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Horses aren’t the only four-legged animal to be featured at the 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend, there’s a dedicated event for your canine pals. Entries for the Open Weekend ‘Fun Dog Show’ cost £2 per dog, and with a range of classes, there is something for every man’s best friend, from waggiest tail to best rescue, or even handsomest dog and prettiest bitch!
If your dog is the apple of your eye, come down to the Severals on Sunday afternoon, 17th September, and put your pooch to the test. Judge Jason Weaver, of ITV Racing and At The Races, will be casting his expert eye over this year’s stock and will be sure to provide entertainment for you and all the family.
The full class list is as follows:
***Please note that dogs will not be permitted in trainers’ yards or into equine sites open during the Open Weekend. We welcome all local residents and their dogs to get involved!
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Now in its third year, the popular Newmarket Food & Drink Festival is in a NEW location, right at the heart of the town on Palace Street and in The Guineas, on both days – and is FREE to attend.
Visitors to the event will have the chance to sample, and purchase, delicious food from various bespoke stalls, deli style produce, street food, delectable drinks and homewares. There will also be the first ever Newmarket Buskers Competition taking place around Newmarket town centre, as part of the Food & Drink Festival, perhaps the next singing superstar could be discovered on your doorstep?!
There will also be the opportunity to improve your own cooking skills with demonstrations from local chefs as well as celebrity chefs, Theo Randall, of River Café and BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, and one of Britain’s best-loved food writers, Sophie Grigson. Chefs will be sharing their top tips whilst cooking up a storm in the G’s Fresh Cookery Live Kitchen, located in the Heritage Centre’s Kings Yard. Wine expert Oz Clarke will also be on hand with wine pairing expertise to ensure that you can host the ultimate dinner party.
Admission to the Newmarket Food & Drink Festival 2017 is FREE; there is no need for an Open Weekend ticket. Find out more: www.newmarketfoodanddrink.co.uk
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Every Saturday in the lead up to the 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend, Buskers will be exhibiting their talents around the town in a series of showcases. The showcases will take place from 11am-2pm at a variety of locations around Newmarket including; the Bill Tutte Memorial, The Guineas Shopping Centre and outside Greggs on Newmarket’s high street.
The first showcase will take place this Saturday, 5th August, and will feature the Newmarket Community Choir, a Newmarket based choir open to all ages, Ashby Street, four Newmarket based brothers, and Peter Hepworth, an acoustic local singer.
The showcases will conclude when each busker takes part in the Open Weekend buskers competition on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of September. Each competitor will be in with a chance of winning £1000, but the outcome will be at the hand of the public votes.
Please visit the NOW busking competition Facebook page for more information
https://www.facebook.com/NKTOpenWeekendBuskersComp/
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Wristlets for Sunday 17th September access to the 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend 2017 are now available for the advanced purchase price of £13 online on our booking page, or if you’d like to purchase your wristlet in person, we’re pleased to announce new purchase options! You can now purchase your Sunday wristlet at the Jockey Club Rooms’ Offices, located just off Newmarket High Street, and at the Palace House shop, located at the Newmarket Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art. We cannot wait to see you at the 2017 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend!
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The 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend is thrilled to announce that Godolphin’s Moulton Paddocks will open to the public on Sunday 17 September 2017. Moulton Paddocks is the UK base of Godolphin trainer, Charlie Appleby, and home to number of the global operation’s equine superstars.
All NOW wristband holders will be given the rare opportunity to be guided through the yard and its state of the art facilities, which includes private gallops, a swimming pool and an equine spa.
Charlie has had an incredibly successful season to date this year, including four wins at the July Meeting in Newmarket. Hawkbill proved once again his consistency at the highest level when landing the Group 2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes, beating stable mate and impressive Group 1 performer Frontiersman. Other horses in the yard that visitors will be able to enjoy seeing is Blue Point, third in this year’s Coronation Cup, and Royal Ascot winners, Rare Rhythm and Sound and Silence.
Charlie Appleby, Godolphin trainer said; “The Open Weekend provides a wonderful opportunity for us to give something back to fans of racing. Moulton Paddocks is an incredible facility and everyone at Godolphin is excited to welcome visitors to the yard during the Newmarket Open Weekend. Please do come and visit.”
The Open Weekend not only provides the public with a front row view into the world of racing but also a full weekend of entertainment, all while raising money for three excellent charities; the Racing Welfare Newmarket Housing Project (80%), the Newmarket Day Centre (10%), and the Newmarket Academy (10%).
A full weekend ticket can be purchased online for £18 per person, or £13 per person for a Sunday ONLY ticket. Kid U18 go free all weekend. For more information, schedule updates, and to purchase tickets for the weekend please visit the website at phpstack-25489-1437829.cloudwaysapps.com.
More trainers’ yards opening for the Newmarket Open Weekend soon to be announced – watch this space!
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Newmarket trainers Charlie Appleby, John Gosden, Saeed Bin Suroor, Michael Bell, David Simcock, James Fanshawe and Richard Spencer all tasted success at this year’s Royal meeting. A win at Royal Ascot is no easy feat but these trainers ensured that British racing’s HQ was well represented in the famous winners enclosure.
John Gosden’s Stradivarius stayed on the best to win under Andrea Atzeni in the Queen’s Vase, whilst Coronet proved best of his runners in the Group 2 Ribblesdale. David Simcock took home one of the big handicaps of the week with Bless Him, best of 29 runners in the Brittania. Bless Him was raced on the far side by winning jockey and NOW show jumping competitor Jamie Spencer. Whist Richard Spencer’s impressive 2 year-old Rajasinghe stole the Coventry Stakes on day one for Rebel Racing.
The boys in blue were in full force during the week. Charlie Appleby and Saeed Bin Suroor both brought to the meeting an impressive string of horses for Godolphin. Success was tasted by Sound and Silence, trained by Charlie, in the Windsor Castle on the first day and followed up with Rare Rythem in the Duke of Edinburgh later in the week. Whist Saeed also delivered another Godolphin winner with Benbatl in the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes. A first winner at Royal Ascot for Benbatl’s winning jockey Oisin Murphy and 6 wins in total for Godolphin at this year’s Royal Ascot.
Two of the week’s outstanding performances came from two of Newmarket’s most popular equine stars – Big Orange and The Tin Man. Big Orange made all from start to finish to triumph in the Gold Cup, Royal Ascot’s most prestigious race, in front of a rapturous crowd. Michael Bell’s loveable stayer held on to beat last year’s winner Order of St George by a short head under a superb ride from James Doyle, much to the delight of the whole Bell family.
The Tin Man had already tasted Group 1 glory at Ascot at Champions Day last year and was returning to the course in good form for the highly competitive Diamond Jubilee Stakes. After a thrilling finish a stewards enquiry left the whole course on the edge of their seats, but much to the relief and delight to his owners and trainer, James Fanshawe, the placings remained unchanged and confirmed his horse as the winner.
Many of the trainer’s yards will open during the 2017 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend, giving visitors the unique opportunity to get up and close to these fantastic horses, speak to their trainers and meet all the very hard-working lad and lasses who care for them. The yards will open on Sunday 17 September only, from 9am to 12:30pm. A full list of trainers opening is soon to be announced so please keep an eye on our website for updates. Early bird tickets to the 32Red Newmarket Open Weekend cost £16pp and all Under18 years go FREE.
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The British Racing School was established in 1983. It is owned by a charitable trust and therefore any income generated is reinvested back into the school. The original aim of the school was to provide purpose built facilities to promote and encourage young people who had the potential to ride as professional jockeys. But now the school has expanded providing a whole range of different courses and training.
It costs about 3 million a year to run the school and the majority of income, to meet the running costs, comes from Government funding via the Skills Funding Agency and the Education Funding Agency. As well as this this it is topped up with industry funding based on the number of trainees they place in jobs.
The school features many world class training facilities such as a two and a half furlong Activtrack gallop, an Indoor school and classrooms with state of the art technology and many others. As well as this they have a dedicated and well qualified staff and an array of ex racehorses with their own personality and purpose.
The British Racing school is opening its doors again this year for the Newmarket Open Weekend. It is open on the Saturday the 16th of September from 9am to 4pm. In addition, there are many other things going on this weekend that you can enjoy such as the NOW food & drink festival, a tour round the National Heritage Centre museum and National Stud tours and many other fun things for you avid racing fans.
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Founded in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, Tattersalls is the oldest bloodstock auctioneers in the world and the largest in Europe. Today, Tattersalls is an international firm offering more than 10,000 thoroughbred horses each year at its Newmarket headquarters in England, at Fairyhouse outside Dublin in Ireland, and at Ascot and Cheltenham.
The sales that Tattersalls holds each year at Newmarket include market leaders in every category. Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale is Europe’s premier yearling sale, unrivalled as a source of European Classic and Group winners. Seven Derby winners this century have come from the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
Tattersalls will be open to all NOW wristband holders during the Open weekend for visitors to have a look around it’s sale complex. The highly popular industry leaders talk will also take place in the main sales ring at Tattersalls on Sunday, where the experts explain in what they look for when purchasing a racehorse.
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