WELCOME

Welcome to the second day of our Easter Festival

It was a great day yesterday and today looks equally as good.

Welcome to the Easter Monday, we are excited to see you all on what is set to be a tremendous day and we do hope you had an enjoyable Easter Sunday.

Today we have 61 runners going to post over 7 races with £115,299 of prize-money on offer. Our feature on the track today is the £50,000 BetGoodwin Champion Chase where 7 closely matched runners head to post for what looks a fantastic renewal of one of the season’s features. Last year this race was won by Tamaroc Du Mathan, owned by the de la Hey’s, trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Lorcan Williams, who defeated Mercian Prince and Mahler’s Promise in a thrilling finish and this year we hope for something similar. Both War Lord and Lord Baddesley, have won previously at Plumpton, with the latter already winning this year, and between the 7 horses, they have accumulated total earnings of over £600,000. It is set to be a great tussle.

BetGoodwin have been a great partner this season at Plumpton, sponsoring on a variety of days and sponsors the £50,000 Sussex Champion Chase and so we thank them for the support. Similarly, Extech, Howden, Gillian Todd and Jane Ashford, Peter Savill and family, Sam Chouhan and family and Strong Flavours (our catering Partners), are a big part of the day too and so we hope they and their guests have a great time.

Our Retired Racehorse Stable continues to be very popular and today we are lucky to have Ding Ding. Ding Ding ran an amazing 34 times at Plumpton, winning 6 races between the years of 2016 – 2019. Pop down and give her a polo and a pat.

It is a busy day, and both of our enclosures are open, with all of our Family Entertainment located in the Centre Course so all ticket types have access to these rides and features. We have a map detailing all our activities in the centre pages of the racecard so please take a look. There is plenty going on for all the family besides the 7 fantastic races on course and so all fingers point towards an exciting day.

Looking ahead, we still have two further racedays, Sussex Day, 23rd April as well as our Season Finale, Ladies Day on 14th May. General admission tickets start from £15 with hospitality starting from £75 and can be booked or enquired by visiting www.plumptonracecourse.co.uk

We hope you enjoy the last day of the mini-Easter holiday and choose some winners!

Best wishes

Craig Staddon Chief Executive