Salisbury will stage a six-race Flat meeting on Friday evening, 21 August, with the programme scheduled to begin at 5:27pm. The card will feature contests over distances ranging from six furlongs to 1m 6f 44y, with prize money from £7,500 to £12,000.
Salisbury Racecards 21 August
Opening the evening programme, the 5:27pm The Taste The World Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap Stakes (Class 5) will be contested over one mile. Eight runners will line up for the £8,750 contest, which will be open to horses aged four and above. The field will include Marsh Benham, Darvel, Prince Rasam, Prodigal Son and Optimatum among the supplied runners.
The second race will provide an early sprinting test, with the 5:57pm The Robert Gilbert Birthday Celebration Irish EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (Class 5) scheduled over six furlongs. Fourteen two-year-olds will contest the £9,000 race, with Chan Noir, Hello You Ten, Kaboom, Thanks Harry, Lowcountry and Storm Force Ten among the listed runners.
A further six-furlong contest will follow, with the 6:27pm The Andy Hardwick & Clive Leonard Memorial Handicap Stakes (Class 4) attracting seven three-year-olds. The race will carry £11,250 in prize money, with Eternal Solace, Bintola, Inca Heights, Kohana Nation and Havana Smile among the runners supplied.
The programme will then return to a mile, as the 6:57pm The Cara Glass Handicap Stakes (Class 5) will bring together eight three-year-olds. The £8,750 contest will feature Box Clever, Court of Stars, Zipwire, Footstepinthewoods, Thisonesforyou and Crimson Sunset among the listed runners.
The richest race of the evening will follow at 7:27pm, when five runners will contest The Signs In Motion British EBF Novice Stakes (Class 3) over 1m 1f 201y. The £12,000 race will feature Bintward, That’s All Folks, Herstmonceux and Golden Island among the supplied field.
The meeting will conclude with its longest-distance contest, as the 7:57pm The Edwards Ford, Foray Motor Group Handicap Stakes (Class 6) will be run over 1m 6f 44y. Six runners will contest the £7,500 race, including Moab, Digger One, Masterdream, A Daughters Love, Basilette and Panthere Noir.
The six-race card will offer a varied mixture of sprint, mile and staying contests. The 7:27pm novice stakes will carry the highest prize money at £12,000, while the closing race will provide the longest-distance test of the evening.
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