WELCOME

Welcome to the Season Finale, Ladies Day

And what a way to finish the season, with seven races, Best Dressed competitions for Ladies, Gents and Children with some fantastic prizes, great children’s entertainment and after racing a live DJ playing with a live saxophonist, so make sure you stick around for some après-racing fun!

Today we have 61 runners going to post with total prize money of £73,999 on offer. Our feature on the track today is the £20k Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Conditional Jockeys’ Training Series Handicap Hurdle (Class 3) (Racing Excellence Series Finale) which was won last year by Thibault. This year, we have 7 closely matched runners head to post for what looks a fantastic renewal and we wish them all the best.

We couldn’t make this day a success without our fantastic partners and today we have our loyal sponsors in the Sargent, Mellett, Brown, Carr and Mendoza families along with Weatherby’s, Extech and J H Builders have a brilliant day and thank you for your support. We also have some great prizes for the Best Dressed Competitions donated by Holland Cooper, Nichola Massingale Flora Art, Buxted Park Hotel, Profiles Health and Beauty Salon, Heath London, Burridge London, Long Man Brewery and Westbrooks Family Farm – a big thank you for your contributions.

To have a go at winning these competitions, we have a detailed schedule in the racecard so please do scan through and make sure you don’t miss it if you plan to enter.

The 2022/23 season has been extremely positive, with fantastic racing and titanic finishes and we have seen the crowing of new champions for the Sussex National (Atakan), Sussex Champion Hurdle (Teddy Blue) and Sussex Champion Chase (Black Jerry). Across the 15 racedays that took place this season we have had over 730 runners with total prize money exceeding £1.3m with many different owners, trainers and jockeys all being successful and entering the hallowed winner’s enclosure. Off the track our retired racehorse stable has been a huge success and visited by 1000’s of people who have been fortunate to get up close with some previous equine stars, notably Champagne Fever, Baron Alco and Ding Ding and our family days have also been a great success and it is tremendous to see so many young people visit the track.

It is a busy day, and both of our enclosures are open, with our Style Competition and Family Entertainment located in the Centre Course so all ticket types have access to these features. We have a map detailing all our activities in 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.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff who have worked tirelessly across the season, along with our sponsors and members and those who have visited Plumpton and made the 2022/23 season a huge success. Can I also wish everyone a good summer and we look forward to welcoming you all back for our new season, which starts again on 24th September. Between now and September there will be other events happening at the racecourse so please keep an eye open by visiting our website www.plumptonracecourse.co.uk

Have a great day.

Best wishes

Craig Staddon Chief Executive