Feathers will be flying and tiny hooves will be dashing on Devon Day at Exeter Racecourse on Sunday, November 23 with the racing Clydesdales making a return and the racecourse staging the first ever race for ponies from Dartmoor.
The pint-sized ponies will come under starters’ orders at 12pm and their wee little hooves will come tearing down the track as they demonstrate their versatility as tough, hardy and fast children’s ponies.
Charlotte Faulkner of the Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Ponies, which supports and promotes all the ponies on Dartmoor, said: “This is a...
The new season continues at a gallop at Exeter Racecourse next Tuesday with the chance to win a share in a racehorse trained by Victor Dartnall for all pre-booked tickets
“It’s a great initiative and I am delighted to be involved. It will give the winner a taste of racehorse ownership, with the chance to go into the paddock and come racing every time the horse wins,” said Dartnall.
Exeter’s second October meeting is renowned for attracting a plethora of stars and recent previous runners include Grade One winning Melodic Rendezvous, Rocky Creek and Harry Topper and the...
A substantial donation from Betfair means paralysed jockey Sarah Gaisford, who broke her back in a race riding fall at Exeter in 2007, looks set to smash the £20,000 target she set herself to raise for the Injured Jockeys’ Fund at the racecourse this Thursday.
Sarah will ride a circuit of the racecourse where she had her tragic accident, and racegoers are being given free entry if they donate £15 to the IJF and take part in a two mile sponsored walk around the service track while Sarah rides on the course.
Betfair sponsored the race when she had her life-changing fall eight...
Hundreds of people will be joining paralysed former jockey Sarah Gaisford at Exeter Racecourse on October 9 when she takes part in an emotional horse ride around the racecourse where she had her life changing fall in 2007.
Sarah will ride the full two mile circuit of the racecourse accompanied by three of her staunchest supporters, the racing legends John Francome MBE, former jockey to the Queen Mother Richard Pitman, and Exeter’s ambassador and leading jockey Nick Scholfield.
The service road inside the track, will be full of walkers who have registered to help Sarah smash...
Diabetes UK will run one of a national series of free educational events to provide expert advice and information for people recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in Exeter in October.
The ‘Living with Diabetes Day’ will be held at Exeter Racecourse on Wednesday, October 22. The events are being held at 80 locations across the UK and it is expected that 10,000 people with Type 2 diabetes will attend them over the next two years.
The one-day events are aimed at helping people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the last few years and to provide them with...
Exeter Racecourse and Devon Hampers have teamed up to create a special hamper which will be presented to the winning owner of each day’s feature race at its 15 meetings during its 2014-2015 season.
General manager Tim Darby spent a morning at the Arundell Arms in Lifton, where Devon Hampers is based, and selected a dozen products to whet the appetite of owners.
He said: “There was so much to choose from, and in the end we picked what we thought was a good representation from Devon."
Included in each hamper will be Sharpham Dart Valley Reserve white wine Hogsbottom...
Exeter’s first ever Rainbow Run on Sunday (8 June) was a resounding success.
This crazy, fun event was raising money for the Children’s Hospice South West and 1,000 participants raised an astonishing £48,000 for the charity, which has three children’s hospices in North Devon, Cornwall and North Somerset.
Held at the Exeter Racecourse, this is the first time that the Rainbow Run has taken place in Devon.
This brilliant fun event features runners and walkers being showered with coloured paint, and the charity is delighted as to its success:
Residents and businesses are invited to a self-build event hosted by Teignbridge District Council on Friday 13 June at Exeter Racecourse.
The ‘self build call to action’ afternoon aims to help people get more information about how they go about building their own home. Guests can network, get advice from those in the know, look at various stands and exhibits and get involved with a question and answer session.
It comes at a good time as Teignbridge has formally adopted Plan Teignbridge, its comprehensive long-term blueprint for housing, employment and other development. The...
Champagne, a glorious British picnic and beauty treatments will all combine to make an evening at Exeter Racecourse on May 6 a memorable experience.
For just £49 per person, or £450 per table of ten, Exeter’s Ladies’ Night package will allow guests to indulge in a wonderful experience from the luxury of a private suite. One of Exeter’s top salon’s, Amanda Marsden Aveda Lifestyle Salon, will provide unforgettable treatments, racing tipster and TV pundit Luke Harvey will give his advice on the night’s winners and there will be a glass of bubbles on arrival.
Families flocked to Exeter Racecourse for the Finlake Holiday Park Family Day race meeting, where kids were entertained not only by behind the scenes tours, the chance to ride on a mechanical horse, pet Pennywell Farm’s animals, and to meet a retired racehorse, but an interactive ‘Kids love the Races’ roadshow designed to entertain and engage children in the sport.
Budding young jockeys enjoyed finding out more about the equine and human stars of the sport, designing their own racing silks and taking a look at some specialist racing equipment. They also got to check out what...
