With a six-race programme arranged for Thursday, 13 August, Salisbury Racecourse will host an evening meeting beginning at 5:30 PM. The card will feature races over distances ranging from 6f 213y to 1m 4f 5y, with prize money reaching £45,000 in the British EBF Premier Fillies’ Handicap Stakes. The programme will bring together two-year-olds, three-year-olds and older horses across a mixture of novice and handicap contests.
To open the evening, THE AL BASTI EQUIWORLD, DUBAI APPRENTICE HANDICAP STAKES will be scheduled for 5:30 PM. The Class 5 contest will cover 1m and will carry £8,750 in prize money for three-year-olds and older horses. Seven runners will feature, with Kimeko Glory, Sydney Rock, Decalogue, Thiscouldbefun, Zipwire, Amathus and Ebn Sabt set to contest the opening race.
Attention will then turn to the two-year-old fillies, as THE AL BASTI EQUIWORLD, DUBAI BRITISH EBF FILLIES’ RESTRICTED NOVICE STAKES will take place at 6:04 PM. The Class 3 event will be run over 6f 213y and will offer £15,000 in prize money. The five-runner field will comprise Tiora Time, All Angels, Flooding, Virtue Humble and Polgaria.
Midway through the programme, THE COLIN HINTON & MITCH HINTON NOVICE STAKES will be staged at 6:34 PM. The Class 4 contest will cover 6f 213y and will be open to three-year-olds and older horses. Only two runners will feature, with Serenetta and Reformation set to contest the £10,000 event.
The card will then move into a valuable fillies’ contest, with THE TATTERSALLS £40,000 EBF FILLIES’ NOVICE STAKES scheduled for 7:04 PM. The Class 2 race will be run over 1m for two-year-old fillies and will carry £40,000 in prize money. Caelan’s Rose, Clarity, Indian Lights, Orchard Hatches and Siena Storm will make up the five-runner field.
The principal event of the evening will follow, as THE BRITISH EBF PREMIER FILLIES’ HANDICAP STAKES will be held at 7:34 PM. The Class 3 contest will cover 1m 4f 5y and will offer the highest prize fund on the card at £45,000. Eight three-year-olds and older horses will feature, with Model Yuko, Green Sky, Percy’s Daydream, Gloryous, Counter Intuitive, Ruby Wedding, Liveinthelight and Rossa Raheen forming the field.
To bring the six-race programme to a close, THE VENTURE SECURITY HANDICAP STAKES will be scheduled for 8:04 PM. The Class 4 contest will cover 1m 1f 201y and will carry £11,250 in prize money for three-year-olds. Six runners will feature in the finale: Seven Sisters, Supplicate, Sudbury Hill, Akho Mezzna, On The Inlet and Storm Point.
Across the evening’s programme, the six races will provide a varied series of tests, with distances extending from 6f 213y to 1m 4f 5y. The two valuable fillies’ contests will add further interest to the card, while the field sizes will range from two runners in the third race to eight in the feature handicap.
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