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HAYDOCK PARK PREPARES FOR SHOWPIECE OCCASION OF THE FLAT RACING SEASON
THE countdown to the richest horse race of the year at Haydock Park - and the climax to the racecourse’s Flat racing season - has begun in earnest.
Some of the fastest racehorses in Britain and Ireland will be making their way to the North West for the 45th year of the £275,000 Betfred Sprint Cup on Saturday 4 September.
The total prize fund on the day is not far short of £½ million.
Dickon White, the managing director of Haydock Park, said: “The Betfred Sprint Cup meeting is a hugely popular occasion with racing fans, attracts a big crowd, and is the highlight of our Flat racing season.”
A maximum of 17 horses will take part in the six-furlong race from the 20 that remain as possibles.
The Group One Betfred Sprint Cup is a race that top Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien has yet to win. On Saturday, he may saddle the favourite – the Australian-bred colt Starspangledbanner. A decision about whether the horse runs or not will be made later this week.
The sponsors Betfred make Starspangledbanner – a winner at Royal Ascot this year and the hero of the Darley July Cup at Newmarket - their 2-1 ante-post favourite (CORRECT AS OF MONDAY 30 AUGUST).
Opposing him are last year’s winner Regal Parade, last year’s third-placed horse High Standing, Equiano who was fifth last year, and the 2009 Nunthorpe Stakes winner Borderlescott.
The entire racecard at Haydock on Saturday 4 September is very classy, including the Betfred Kingspin Old Borough Cup, the Betfred ‘Goals Galore’ Superior Mile and the Betfred ‘The Bonus King’ Be Friendly Handicap, which commemorates the horse that won the first two runnings of the Sprint Cup in 1966 and 1967.
Be Friendly – owned by the former BBC ‘Voice of Racing’ Sir Peter O’Sullevan - remains the only horse to have won the race twice, and a life-size bronze of him now stands resplendent in the paddock at Haydock Park.
The first race on Saturday is at 2pm. Gates open at 12 noon.
*Admission into the Newton Enclosure is £11; it’s £20 into Tattersalls; £34 into the County Enclosure; and £45 into the Premier Enclosure. Accompanied children aged under 18 enter free. Senior citizens and students, with appropriate identification, enter Tattersalls and the Newton Enclosure at half price. More details are available at web site www.haydock-park.co.uk.
Haydock Park Apprentice Training Race Series Opportunity!
Thu 6th May 10 - 12:59
THE RACING EXCELLENCE
Haydock Park Apprentice Training Race Series
This is a fantastic opportunity for a company to gain valuable ongoing marketing exposure during our busy summer flat season. We have available a Racing Excellence Apprentice Training series which offers sponsorship of seven flat races between May to September. This series will provide opportunities for Apprentice Jockeys who have ridden not more than 20 winners at the start of the series to ride in the series and receive tuition and advice on their riding from a Jockey Coach. The racedays included in this series are:
• Friday (eve) 21st May
• Thursday (eve) 10th June
• Friday (eve) 2nd July
• Friday 16th July
• Friday (eve) 30th July
• Friday (eve) 6th August
• Friday 24th September
Sponsorship Package:
The sponsor of this series will receive the following exclusive sponsorship benefits:
• Seven series named races - the race names appear in the national newspapers, the "Racing Post" and the day's racecard, as well as receiving credits through CCTV, PA announcements and Racing UK television coverage
• Free full page advertisements in each of the day or evening's racecard
• Branding - banners placed in strategic sites across the course including centre course, the main driveway and entrance areas, the parade ring and winner's enclosure, entrance flags, annual on-course board, running promotional video through CCTVs
• Wide range of hospitality options
• Entry badges for customers and staff incentives
• Opportunities for VIP guests or competition winners to select the 'best turned out horse' in your race and present prizes to the winning owner, trainer & jockey of your races on the winner's podium and further opportunity for branding exposure
• Product showcasing, trade stands, on-site competitions, discount vouchers, promotional campaigns
• Website web links, news items, on-line competitions, marketing opportunities through our social networking sites (facebook, twitter, etc)
Further information on the Racing Excellence Apprentice series can be found at http://racingexcellence.careersinracing.com/. The cost of the sponsorship of the Haydock Park series is at £8,000 plus VAT and for further details on this exclusive opportunity, please contact Diane Glover on 01942 402617, email diane.glover@thejockeyclub.co.uk.
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Tuesday 14th September
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