WELCOME TO SALISBURY RACECOURSE

Welcome to the first day of our two-day August meeting, which features two Listed races.

We are very grateful to the Trustees of the British European Breeders’ Fund and the Governors of the Irish EBF for their generous support, of the Upavon Stakes and Stonehenge Stakes respectively. Both races have produced very smart winners in the past, particularly the Upavon which saw the 2022 ‘Arc’ winner Alpinista successful, behind closed doors, in 2020.

We last raced on Thursday evening for an eight race card, with five of them having very close finishes, including one dead heat. There was a winning debut for amateur rider Ben Pollard in the Carnarvon Cup; a win for principal sponsor Lord Carnarvon with his horse Yellow Lion, and a comfortable win for Shadwell owned filly Raqiya.

Tomorrow is our big race of the year, the £70,000 Tattersalls Sovereign Stakes, a Group 3 contest for colts and geldings over the distance of one mile. I am sure that many of you here today will be back with us to see it.

The directors and staff wish you a successful and enjoyable afternoon.

Best wishes

Jeremy Martin

Executive Director & Clerk of the Course