Newmarket will stage a seven-race programme on Saturday, 22 August, with the afternoon scheduled to run from 1:34pm to 5:04pm. The Newmarket Racecards 22 August will bring together contests for two-year-olds and older horses across sprint, mile and staying distances, with The Hopeful Stakes providing the Listed highlight and The £200,000 Tattersalls Somerville Stakes carrying the largest prize purse of the afternoon.
Newmarket Racecards 22 August
The opening contest will get underway at 1:34pm with The Nags Head Cutting British EBF Novice Stakes (Class 4) (GBB Race). The race will be contested over 6f by two-year-olds and will carry £11,000 in prize money. Seven runners will be listed for the opening event, including Blue Fox, Great Balls O’Fire, One For Bruce, Scenic Blue, Silent Sadhu and Sky Symphony.
The Twyford Down Cutting Handicap Stakes (Class 4) will follow at 2:09pm, giving three-year-olds and older horses a 6f test for £12,500. The race will have 13 runners listed and will provide an early handicap challenge on the card. Zoulu Chief, Photosynthesis, Pilu, Sword, Archduke Ferdinand and Back To Me will be among the horses named in the supplied entries.
The Hargreaves Services PLC Handicap Stakes (Class 5) will then be staged at 2:44pm. The eight-runner contest will cover 1 mile and will be restricted to three-year-olds, with £10,000 in prize money available. Napolian, Forever Endless, Aerial Silk, Royal Bodyguard, Guest House and Khuskhas will be among the runners listed for the race.
The main Listed contest will arrive at 3:19pm when The Hopeful Stakes, sponsored by Blackwell Earthmoving, will take place. The Class 1 event will be run over 6f for three-year-olds and older horses and will carry £60,000 in prize money. Seven runners will be scheduled, with Caburn, Dubai Bling, Elarak, Prince of India, Quinault and Words of Truth among the entries provided.
The afternoon’s most valuable race will then be staged at 3:54pm, with The £200,000 Tattersalls Somerville Stakes (Class 2) (GBB Race) set to attract a large field. The two-year-old contest will cover 6f and will carry £317,105 in total prize money. As many as 20 runners will be listed, with A Bear Affair, Night In Vegas, Baddaddan, Chief Minister, Conciliate and Everatease among the names supplied.
A longer-distance test will follow at 4:29pm with The Blackwell Earthmoving 70th Anniversary Handicap Stakes (Class 3) (GBBPLUS Race). The five-runner contest will cover 1m 6f for three-year-olds and older horses and will carry £20,000 in prize money. Goblet of Fire, Sixpack, Arqoob, Bulletin and Pearl River will make up the field listed for the staying event.
The programme will conclude at 5:04pm with The Polhill Cutting Handicap Stakes (Class 4). The final race will be run over 5f for three-year-olds and older horses and will offer £12,500 in prize money. Seven runners will be listed, with Tiva, Maelstrom, Lara Antipova, Diomed Duke, Fantasy Master and Aspull among the entries supplied.
Across the seven races, the programme will offer a broad mix of sprinting and staying tests, while the Listed status of The Hopeful Stakes and the substantial prize money attached to The £200,000 Tattersalls Somerville Stakes will give the meeting two clear focal points.
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