BEST DRESSED PURPLE COMPETITION

Our team will be scouting for the best dressed person in Purple! If selected -please come to the parade ring after the 4th race (19:05)

The top 3 will receive a goody bag from Nellies Fabric Shop and complimentary tickets to a raceday! GOOD LUCK!

The Pershore Plum Race Night is back!!

A very warm welcome to you all this evening for the 25th anniversary of the Pershore Plum Festival. We have plenty of entertainment going on this evening, so do grab a drink and take a look around.

In celebration of the Pershore Plum race night, we have The Best Dressed Purple competition, Plum mascots, Purple trikes, an exhibition of the history of the race day, delicious local plums to purchase and a great local artist James Baker Acoustic who will be playing throughout racing tonight.

A jammed packed evening with plenty going on off the track, we also have 7 races of Summer jumps with a grand total of £49,800 of prize money to be won this evening. We as a team, wish every runner and rider the very best of luck and hope all connections have a very enjoyable race night with us.

Happy Birthday to Paul Matthews who is here with us celebrating his 60th birthday. We hope you and your party have a great evening and we look forward to welcoming you to the parade ring for the 1st race to get up close and personal to the horses.

Race sponsorship can provide a unique and memorable way to mark a special occasion. If this is of interest, email the racecourse directly for more information info@worcester-racecourse.co.uk

We also have tables available in our Severn restaurant or our private hospitality suits where you can treat yourself to our specially created dishes with great views of the track. Celebrate in style and book with us at www.worcester-racecourse.co.uk

All our August fixtures are evening meetings, so coming down to Worcester Racecourse is a perfect way to spend an evening with the family. In September we have Family Fun day which will be jam packed with family entertainment, including Shetland Pony Racing. Tickets are still available for all fixtures on our website www.worcester-racecourse.co.uk

Have a great evening here today and good luck!

Michael Thomas General Manager

WORCESTER RACECOURSE is part of Arena Racing Company which includes; Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Doncaster, Ffos Las, Fontwell Park, Great Yarmouth, Hereford, Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Royal Windsor, Sedgefield, Southwell, Uttoxeter and Wolverhampton racecourses.

colour graphic horse’s name horse’s saddlecloth number

No.ofdays sincelastran birthplace of horse if not Great Britain form guide previous performances

/=new season

-=new year

Bold type shows Point-to-Point form

C=course winner

D=distance winner

CD=course & distance winner

BF=beaten favourite

1 HUNT BALL (IRE) (109) 2304-11 CD age weight st-lb

10 11-12

B g Winged Love (IRE) - La Fandango (IRE) Andrew Tinkler

Atlantic Equine Nicky Henderson, Lambourn

Michael Slevin Novae Management Limited Br

TIMEFORM VIEW Still capable of smart form over fences last season and made most of 2 good opportunities back over hurdles in May. This a lot harder but still the one to beat.

Star Ratings Explained

Each horse has been given a star rating, these are defined below:

HHHHH Selected to win the race.

HHHHI Good chance of being placed.

HHHII By no means out of the reckoning but at least one or two hold stronger claims

HHIII Unlikely to win but not totally without hope.

HIIII Can be given little or no chance.

Official Bha Ratings Explained

The BHA Handicappers allot ratings to horses once they have taken part in a sufficient number of races to enable the Handicappers to make a numerical assessment of each horse’s ability. The principal purpose of the ratings is to determine the weight to be carried by each runner in handicap races, with the Handicappers aiming to provide each participant with an equal chance based on its best recent form under its optimum conditions.

A horse rated 100, for example, would be set to carry 1lb more than a horse rated 99 (ignoring any penalties or allowances). The ratings published in the racecard for handicap races are the ratings that were used to calculate the weight to be carried by each horse, whilst in nonhandicaps races the rating shown is that of each runner at the time that the entries for the race were confirmed. Any subsequently published change to a rating, either up or down, is shown in brackets following the rating. For novice steeple chasers, the latest hurdle race rating may be shown until such time as the Handicappers allot a separate steeple chase rating. Such ratings are prefixed by the letter h.