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Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to Bloomfields

Horseboxes Afternoon Racing.

My thanks must go to today’s sponsors for their generous contribution to this afternoon’s seven race programme. Bloomfields Horseboxes are joined by Byerley Stud, the family and friends of Stuart Wright who support our featured Class 2 Novices’ Handicap Chase, and we also extend a special welcome to Kevin and Karen Waller who have chosen to celebrate milestone birthdays with us today.

Our ongoing programme of improvements means The Hennessy Restaurant on the second floor of the Hampshire Stand remains closed today, and I would like to thank racegoers for their patience while this exciting refurbishment continues. Display boards on the ground floor of the Hampshire Stand provide a flavour of what we can look forward to when we unveil this new-look premium facility in April.

There are still four more exciting days of jump racing to enjoy this season at Newbury when we will welcome our valued partner, BetVictor, in support of afternoon racing on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 March featuring the BetVictor Greatwood Gold Cup, and our season finale on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 March This final fixture will also provide us with an opportunity to present the Newburys, our end of season awards promoted in conjunction with Conundrum Consulting, and to take a look back at all the fantastic jumping highlights.

We then turn our attention to the start of the Flat season on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 April when Classic hopefuls will be in action at the Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials Weekend, which also sees the return of the popular Beer Festival featuring over 30 real ales and ciders from local brewers in our beer tent. Tickets are available to purchase online and bookings are now being taken for the newly refurbished Hennessy Restaurant which will be back in action for this weekend, so make sure you are one of the first to experience it.

Please note that the Dubai Duty Free Grandstand will be closed today due to a private event and, therefore, please try some of our many other areas on site for a wide selection of food or drink. For those football fans in attendance this afternoon we will be showing the Manchester United v Leicester City game (2:30pm kick off) on selected screens across the racecourse including the ground floor of both the Berkshire and Hampshire Stands, as well as The Crafty Filly

Thank you for choosing to spend your day with us. I hope you have an enjoyable and profitable afternoon and that we will see you again for BetVictor Afternoon Racing on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 March.

Julian Thick Chief Executive Newbury Racecourse