Exeter Racecourse has Christmas wrapped up with its Festive meeting on Thursday 15 December, which is perfect for treating colleagues or friends to a day out of the office.
Pre-booked Grandstand and Paddock tickets for groups of ten or more are just £10 per person and there’s a chance to tuck into a Festive package for just £30 per person includes Premier admission, racecard, Festive baguette or a Chunks pie, a mince pie and a glass of sparkling wine.
There’s also a free bus is available from Exeter St Davids and Exeter Bus and Station that will bring you to and from the...
Get the festive season started at Exeter Racecourse this Friday, December 2 with the first of two December meetings.
Pre-booked Grandstand and Paddock tickets are available for just £5 each for groups of ten or more plus there’s a scrumptious Festive package on the menu too that includes Premier admission, a racecard, a baguette or Chunks pie, a mince pie and a glass of sparkling wine, all for just £30.
This meeting is renowned for the quality of its racing with high profile horses among the winners in recent years. Last year Lizzie Kelly was on board Tea For Two when he...
Exeter Racecourse’s famous racing Clydesdales provided a magnificent spectacle on Sunday when their flying feathers and huge white faces had an enthusiast crowd enthralled as they raced in aid of the Devon Air Ambulance.
Solo, Siryl Allan, Frankie Doodle, Midge and Tom Parker were ridden by professional jockeys Noel Fehily, Aiden Coleman, Daryl Jacob, Sean Bowen, Tom Bellamy and James Best who urged them down the two-furlong stretch in front of their appreciative audience.
Midge, last year’s winner, was sent off the evens favourite and with a flying start under Noel Fehily...
Dartmoor’s racing Clydesdales are back at Exeter Racecourse on November 20, when the track celebrate Devon Day. Professional jockeys will on board the gentle giants urging them down the home straight in aid of the Devon Air Ambulance.
The race, which comes under starters’ orders at 12.20pm, is an annual highlight on Exeter’s calendar, with the gentle magnificence of these huge horses drawing cheers of admiration from the crowd.
Tom Parker, Siryl, Big Allan, Frankie Doodle, Midge, Salvo, Ecco and Solo have been in training on Dartmoor in readiness for the race which provides...
Students with a valid student card have the opportunity to come racing at Exeter for free on Wednesday, November 9.
The annual student-free-entry day includes a behind-the scenes-tour that starts an hour before the first race and gives an insight into a day at the races.
General manager Daniel Thompson said: “It’s a fun day with a good quality card in prospect and we hope students take up the opportunity.”
In 2014 Unowhatimeanharry finished second in the handicap hurdle and since that outing he has won more than £100k in prize money and was the winner of the 2016...
Devon’s richest raceday takes place on Tuesday (November 1) when high class horses will be heading to Exeter Racecourse to contest the grade 2 188Bet Haldon Gold Cup.
The prestigious two-mile one-furlong race is fast, furious and spectacular and with £62,500 in prize money it’s one that trainers make an early season target.
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has saddled five winners of the race including last year’s victor Vibrato Valtat. He said: “It’s one of the early chasing highlights of the season and I try and save a nice horse for it. It’s a very good start for two-mile...
The rich colours of Haldon forest make a stunning backdrop for Exeter’s second meeting of its season next Tuesday (October 18) as the glory days of winter jump racing gallop closer.
Catch a glimpse of future stars on the six race card with the feature the 188Bet Best Mate Beginners’ Chase named after the legendary three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate who still holds a place close to peoples’ hearts despite passing away ten yeas ago. The race takes place over two miles one furlong and runners are likely to include young chasers making their first strides towards big race...
The new season gets underway at Exeter today with the Richard Merton Memorial Novices’ Handicap Hurdle kicking off the six race card.
Court King is likely to head the betting on the back of his recent double.At Uttoxeter he got into the winning groove in handicap hurdle and followed up under a penalty at Bangor with his trainer Peter Bowen saying the application of a hood is the reason for his transformation.
He faces 12 opponents including the Dr Richard Newland-trained Desert Sensation who took the 3m 11/2 furlong handicap hurdle at Fontwell on Saturday showing improved...
The new season begins at Exeter Racecourse on Thursday, October 6, the first of 17 racing fixtures that race through until May, and this year’s curtain raiser is a fundraiser for the charity Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony.
The charity was founded by 18-year-old event rider Hannah Francis who passed away in August just 15 months after being diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called Osteosarcoma.
A talented horsewoman, in 2015 Hannah had been accepted onto a Rider Development Eventing Pathway camp with the aim of upgrading her mare Mavis to intermediate level. Her...
Exeter Racecourse has launched its acclaimed student ambassador scheme which enables those who are studying to experience a number of different work placements within the racing industry.
The scheme was introduced three years ago to help give students a leg up in racing and now 12 work providers are on board.
New this season is RaceTech, which provides a unique range of technical and broadcast services to the horse racing industry.
Other experience days will be provided by Exeter Racecourse, Richard Linley, senior course inspector for the British Horseracing...
