Exeter Racecourse’s new social media campaign will have followers reaching for the carrots and wondering wherever next as Peter Rabbit embarks on a journey from the Lake District to Devon in time for Family Day on April 8.
With the film Peter Rabbit recently opening in cinemas across the UK, and the main character from the film, Peter, visiting the racecourse on Family Day it’s #followtheracingrabbit campaign will see a cuddly version making appearance at famous venues up and down the country.
Followers have the chance to win tickets if they guess the following day’s...
Family Fun Day at Exeter Racecourse on Sunday, April 8 is free for children aged 17 and under and one the track’s busiest and most action-packed days of the year and this year’s date coincides with a special visit by the character Peter Rabbit from the year’s most hotly anticipated film of the same name.
With a taste for adventure, and no doubt carrots too, Peter Rabbit will be heading to Exeter Racecourse from his home in the Lake District, and if you’re a fan you can follow his journey on Social Media in the days leading up to the race meeting.
Devon’s Grand National takes place next Friday when a prize fund of £25,000 will attract some of Britain’s best loved chasers alongside a supporting card tailor made for racing’s rising stars.
The winner of the Higos Insurance Services Handicap Chase will add £15,000 to the pot and it is no surprise to learn that it is ever popular among trainers, keen to give their chasers who might lack for a bit of speed, but who love galloping and jumping, a chance to win a prestigious prize.
With 21 fences to negotiate, and three miles six furlongs to complete, the race requires an...
Fast-rising star jockey Bryony Frost, from Buckfastleigh in Devon, was yesterday announced as a group-wide ambassador for Jockey Club Racecourses.
Bryony has lit up British racecourses this season with a string of brilliant rides, her first Grade 1 victory and a winning smile to match, helping her to become one of the most popular faces in the sport.
The partnership is the first of its kind for Jockey Club Racecourses, which stages the likes of The Cheltenham Festival, the Randox Health Grand National, the QIPCO Guineas Festival and The Investec Derby Festival, and will now...
It’s been given the moniker Super Sunday, and judging by the entries, Exeter’s meeting this weekend (February 11) looks set to live up to its name.
Racing aficionados will remember that it was five years ago that Many Clouds, carrying the famous green, yellow and white colours of Trevor Hemmings, romped to glory in the two miles two and a half furlongs novices’ hurdle. Following that win, he quickly asserted himself as one of the nation’s favourite ever racehorses winning nearly £1million in prize money, including the 2015 Grand National.
Exeter Racecourse’s annual Super Sunday meeting on February 11 takes place on a scintillating weekend of sport in Devon with both Exeter Chiefs and Exeter City in action at home on Saturday. Then the racecourse takes centre stage on Sunday with more than £100,000 in prize money and the prospect of top class racing to enjoy.
Add to that terrific savings on tickets, with a pair of pre-booked Grandstand and Paddock tickets just £15 (children aged 17 and under go racing for free), and its all systems go for a superb weekend of sporting entertainment.
Wrap up for Exeter Racecourse’s winter warmer on Wednesday, January 24 when six races get underway at 1.40pm.
Smarkets sponsor the card, which includes two maiden hurdle races, a mares’ handicap hurdle, a novice chase, a two mile three furlong handicap chase and a handicap hurdle. Expect one or two decent types to be in the line up.
Jump racing on Haldon Hill is the perfect opportunity to be a part of the excitement as the countdown to the spring festival begins and with eight more meetings during the second half of its season, the action come thick and fast.
Exeter Racecourse has announced that one of the sport’s brightest talents, Bryony Frost, is the racecourse’s new ambassador for 2018.
Devon born and bred Frost has witnessed a meteoric rise to fame this season and on Boxing Day became only the second female jockey in Britain to win a top-class race over obstacles when she steered Black Cotton to success in the Kauto Star Novice Chase at Kempton. But her roots are firmly set in Devon and the 22-year-old expressed her delight at coming on board with her local racecourse. “To work with Exeter, which is just down the road from where I...
Roger Penny, a long term supporter of jump racing, recorded his 116th win as an owner when the aptly named Show On the Road won Exeter’s first race of the year yesterday.
Trained by Philip Hobbs, the seven-year-old was sent off the 6-5 favourite, and ran out a convincing winner to score by 13 lengths with Micheal Nolan in the saddle. “I had my first winner on Boxing Day 45 years ago at Newton Abbot and it’s lovely to start the new year with a win,” said Mr Penny.
Yalltari was left in front in the Thurlestone Hotel Handicap Hurdle after Lucy Gardner’s strong challenge on...
Kick off 2018 in style and experience all the excitement of a day at the races at Exeter on New Year’s Day. There’s no better way to see in the New Year than in the fresh air where you’ll be part of a great Devon tradition cheering home the horses and sharing in good old -fashioned camaraderie.
Dress up or dress down, whatever takes your fancy, as long as you remember your hats, gloves and scarves so that you are toasty warm while you enjoy the action.
General manager Jack Parkinson said: “It’s a great way to start the new year outdoors against the backdrop of some...
