Higos Insurance Services sponsors Exeter’s raceday next Tuesday (April 16) where the first of seven races is off at 2pm.
Last year’s meeting saw the ever-popular Sea Saffron, trained locally at Exeter by Sue Gardner, win a competitive marathon handicap steeplechase run over three miles six furlongs, and the race is sure to be popular again with the country’s staying chasers who know how to keep up a relentless gallop.
Also on the card is a two miles seven furlongs novices’ hurdle, two handicap hurdle run over the same distance and two miles one furlong, a two miles three...
Exeter Racecourse’s Family Day on April 2 looks set to be one of the best free days out for children during the Easter holidays. And with two adults tickets available for just £15, it’s without doubt one of the best value for money days there is.
There are stacks of things for children to enjoy, including a behind the scenes tour of the racecourse, a running race down the home straight on the race course, face painting, a quiz, the chance to go on an equine simulator and pretend you’re a jockey and question and answer sessions with some of the country’s top jockeys.
Following the highly successful Finance in Cornwall event in 2012, leading chartered accountants and business advisers Francis Clark are holding a further seminar to address the issues facing SMEs across the region and the funding and support streams that are open to them.
The “Finance in the South West” seminar is aimed at owner managers who need clarification of the funding streams available to them and who are looking for a way through what many consider to be a “funding maze”.
Lewis Banfield, a partner at Francis Clark will chair the meeting at Exeter Racecourse in...
Snow on the racecourse has forced Exeter to abandon its meeting tomorrow – the third fixture to be lost to the weather this season.
But the homeless and vulnerable in Exeter have benefitted with the racecourse donating its unwanted sandwiches to St Petroc’s in Exeter.
It’s the second time in two months that St Petroc’s has been the recipient of free handouts.
General manager Tim Darby said: “It’s a shame that we’ve lost a third meeting, but there’s nothing we can do, as there’s snow on the course with more snow forecast. But at least the pre-prepared hasn’t gone to...
Exeter Racecourse has announced a 25% increase in its prize money for 2013. More than £200,000 has been added to the total prize money on offer, bringing the total to over £800,000, with an average per fixture of £50,000.
The course’s most valuable race day, which includes The sportingbet Haldon Gold Cup which takes place on Tuesday, 5th November, is now worth £117,000, up £12,000 on 2012, while a Listed Novice Hurdle on Sunday, February 10 is worth £20,000 - its previous value was £13,000.
New to the race calendar is a Class 3 handicap chase, worth £25,000. This will be...
An array of designer wedding dresses, with up to 70pc off, as well as outfits for the mother of the bride and bridesmaids are just part of the attraction at Exeter Racecourse’s Wedding Fayre, on Sunday, February 17.
The event, which is free to attend, promises to be a one-stop shop for anyone planning a wedding, with advice available from professionals involved in making a wedding day a memorable occasion.
Specially trained staff from a variety of bridal and occasion wear boutiques across the south-west will also be on hand to give help and advice on the dresses.
Join the stars from the racing world at Exeter Racecourse’s Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening on Thursday, 21st February.
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls, Phillip Hobbs, David Pipe and the Racing Post’s Andrew King will be on the panel to answer all your questions about their runners at the Festival of jump racing and to give their opinions their rivals runners.
Channel 4 Racing’s Tanya Stevenson will host the evening and Paddy Power will advice on market movers, bankers and blow outs.
Join Exeter Racecourse from 6pm, with the panel starting at 7pm, on 21st...
The annual hangover season reaches its crescendo on New Year’s Day. But with resolutions to be kept, at least for a few hours anyway, you may have decided not to tarnish the first day of 2013 with a pounding head but to venture outdoors and see what’s on offer in the Westountry.
From bracing beach walks to horse racing on Haldon Hill and moorland ambles to icy plunges into the sea, if fresh air is your beginning of choice the Westcountry has oodles to offer.
Horse racing at Exeter Racecourse has been a tradition for more than 30 years, and when the first race comes under...
Exeter Racecourse was left cursing the weather after its meeting was abandoned today following the latest deluge of rain, but the homeless of Exeter were smiling when they become the beneficiaries of dozens of unwanted sandwiches.
Rather than discard the pre-prepared food, catering staff at the racecourse called St Petroc’s in Exeter who collected dozens of sandwiches and distributed them among Exeter’s vulnerable citizens. General manager Tim Darby said: “It was a huge disappointment that we were unable to stage our Christmas fixture, but at least we were able to help St Petroc’s...
