Ticket Competition: Doncaster Derby Day Giveaway!

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Horse Racing Tavern has teamed up with Doncaster Racecourse to offer three lucky winners a pair of grandstand tickets for their Derby Day meeting on Saturday 1st June!

They don’t come much bigger than the Epsom Derby.  Flat racing’s Blue Riband event is second to only the Grand National in capturing the attentions of the general public.

Last year saw the Aidan O’Brien-trained Camelot sear to victory before attempting an history-making third leg of the British Triple Crown in the Ladbrokes St Leger, right here at Doncaster.

The Jim Bolger-trained 2000 Guineas winner Dawn Approach bids to emulate his famous sire New Approach and record victory on the Downs, but you can be sure the Ballydoyle battalions will be gearing up to retain their crown in the prestigious race.

Derby Day is the event all horse racing fans cannot miss so go to Doncaster for seven races on Town Moor PLUS all the action from Epsom will be shown LIVE on the big screen. For more information or to buy tickets, visit Doncaster Racecourse website at www.doncaster-racecourse.co.uk.

We’re giving away a pair of grandstand tickets on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week for three lucky winners!  For your chance to win, simply either  tweet the following:

I want to win the @DoncasterRaces #DerbyDayTicketGiveaway with @HRacingTavern!

Or you can simply retweet our competition tweets!

Good luck!!

Follow Doncaster Racecourse on Twitter @DoncasterRaces!

Competition: Scottish Sun Raceday at Ayr Racecourse

The Horse Racing Tavern has teamed up with Ayr Racecourse to offer a pair of tickets to their Scottish Sun Raceday on 22nd June 2013!

Scottish Sun Raceday at Ayr Racecourse is one of the very best race days at Ayr throughout the year. Feature races are The Scottish Sun Handicap Stakes and The EBF Land O’ Burns Fillies Stakes and there are always large entries for all contests throughout the card!

The day is also a superb social occasion – a leading local band will play in the Horseshoe Bar after racing with a disco in the Ayrshire Suite to make sure everyone has a day to remember.

Best Dressed Ladies Competition

The Scottish Sun Raceday sees the launch of the 2013 Best Dressed Ladies Competition with the first prize – a Vauxhall Adam Jam 1.4 with an ‘Urban Pack’ ‘Intellinik Infotainment System’ in white with ‘I’ll be black roof’!

One of Ayr’s most popular fixtures, not to be missed!

For your chance to win a pair of tickets, you need to do the following:

1. Go to the Horse Racing Tavern Facebook Page below and ‘like’ the page or competition link!

2. Send your name, address and contact details (including your mobile number) to competiton@horseracingtavern.com.

Competition closes on Friday 8 June 2013! Get your entries in early!

Follow Ayr Racecourse on Twitter @ayrracecourse!

T & C’s:

1) Only one entry per household.
2) To be included in the prize draw, the successful entrant must have completed both elements for entry into the prize draw (Facebook and Email).
2) The competition closes on Friday 8th June 2013 at 12 noon. Any entries after this time will not be included in the draw.
3) The winner is entitled to two grandstand enclosure tickets for Ayr Scottish Sun Raceday.
4) The decision of the Horse Racing Tavern & Ayr Racecourse is final.

Competition: William Hill Great St.Wilfrid Day

Horse Racing Tavern has teamed up with William Hill to offer a pair of tickets to the William Hill St. Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon Racecourse on Saturday 17th August!

For your chance to win, answer the following question:

Which horse won the 2012 running of the William Hill St. Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon Racecourse?

1) Pepper Lane

2) Damika

3) Hoof It

Send your correct answer and your William Hill account number to:

competition@horseracingtavern.com

Make sure you leave your contact details including a mobile number so we can contact you if you’ve won!  Competition closes on Friday 2nd August 2013.  Good luck!

Don’t have a William Hill account?  Sign-up here and get a £25 matched free bet!

T & C’s:

1) Only one entry per household.
2) The competition closes on Friday 2nd August 2013 at 12 noon. Any entries after this time will not be included in the draw.
3) The winner is entitled to two grandstand enclosure tickets for St. Wilfrid Handicap Day.
4) The decision of the Horse Racing Tavern & William Hill is final.

Competition: Coral Eclipse Tickets at Sandown Park!

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WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR CORAL-ECLIPSE DAY AT SANDOWN!

Coral-Eclipse Day is quite simply the pinnacle of Sandown Park’s racing and social calendar.  Regarded as one of the most spectacular events in the racing season, it ranks among the best flat racing days in the country and features the longest sponsorship of Group 1 racing in Britain.

This presitgious day’s racing is part of the British Champion Series, the richest ever premier flat racing event, and features the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes – a race that boasts a hugely impressive role of honour and that in 2013 promises to be another thrilling contest.

Horse Racing Tavern have teamed up with Sandown Park to offer a pair of tickets to the Coral Eclipse meeting on Saturday 6th July 2014!

For your chance to win a pair of tickets, you need to answer the following question:

Who won the 2012 running of the Coral-Eclipse?

1) Frankel

2) So You Think

3) Nathaniel

To enter, you need to send the correct answer and your Coral account number to:

 competition@horseracingtavern.com  

Make sure you leave your contact details including a mobile number so we can contact you if you’ve won!  Competition closes on Saturday 29th June 2013.  Good luck!

Want more details about Coral-Eclipse Day at Sandown Park? Visit their website at www.sandown.co.uk!

Don’t have a Coral account?  Sign-up here and get a £50 matched free bet!

T & C’s:

1) Only one entry per household.
2) The competition closes on Saturday 29th June 2013 at 12 noon. Any entries after this time will not be included in the draw.
3) The winner is entitled to two grandstand enclosure tickets on Coral-Eclipse Day at Sandown Park.
4) The decision of the Horse Racing Tavern & Sandown Park is final.

Ticket Competition: William Hill Lincoln Trial Meeting

Here at the Horse Racing Tavern we’ve teamed up with William Hill to offer our followers a pair of tickets to the William Hill Lincoln Trial Meeting at Wolverhampton Racecourse on Saturday 9th March 2013!

For your opportunity to win a pair of tickets (we’ve got two pairs to giveaway!), you need to send us your William Hill account number (Don’t have one? Sign up with William Hill by clicking the banner below and get a £25 free bet too!) and answer the following question:

Who won the 2012 renewal of the William Hill Lincoln Trial Handicap?

A) Mia’s Boy
B) Nazreef
C) Lowther

Send in your entries to competition@horseracingtavern.com with your contact details (including your William Hill account number) before the closing date of Friday 22nd February 2013.

Follow William Hill on Twitter @williamhillNews!

Ticket Competition: Doncaster Grimthorpe Chase

Here at the Horse Racing Tavern we’ve teamed up with William Hill to offer our followers a pair of tickets to the William Hill Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday 2nd March!

For your opportunity to win a pair of tickets (we’ve got two pairs to giveaway!), you need to send us your William Hill account number (Don’t have one? Sign up with William Hill by clicking the banner below and get a £25 free bet too!) and answer the following question:

Who won the 2011 renewal of the William Hill Grimthorpe Chase?

A) Ogee
B) Always Right
C) Lothian Falcon

Send in your entries to competition@horseracingtavern.com with your contact details before the closing date of Friday 15th February 2013.

Follow William Hill on Twitter @williamhillNews!

Racing News: Wyn Evans named Kauto Star’s Biggest Fan

WYN EVANS NAMED KAUTO STAR’S BIGGEST FAN

IF you thought Alan Partridge’s stalker was committed – or rather deserved to be committed,  seehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OrAGZru4As if you want to compare – then let us introduce you to Wyn Evans, winner of Betfair and Haydock Park’s search for Kauto Star’s biggest fan

And, in Kauto Star’s trainer Paul Nicholls’ own words, Evans’ entry makes “Alan Partridge’s obsessive fan look tame by comparison – and a worthy, if slightly worrying, winner. We look forward, with some trepidation, to meeting him at Haydock on Saturday!”

Evans may not be one of the seven applicants who had a Kauto Star tattoo adorning their body – including one frighteningly painful offering (see among the pictures attached), which wins one of five runner-up awards –  but the man’s soul is presumably yellow, green and purple.

Ever since he saw Kauto Star win the 2006 Betfair Chase on TV, Evans has never missed a race featuring the legendary chaser – and his obsession with the horse has ramped up a notch since 2010, as the attached pictures pay testament to.

A seemingly shameless Evans, a respectable banker by day – even though his office is a mini-shrine to the great chaser – has done the following, among other things:

• In 2010 he had a jumper knitted in Kauto’s colours and proudly boasts that he wears it “whenever I am at the races – or any occasion I can show it off.”  Including “dress down days at work,” according to his daughter.

Very Partidgesque….his daughter must be very proud….

• “Probably my greatest achievement” he writes – which must be very comforting to his wife and daughter – is inspiring an office of non-racing bankers to follow in Kauto’s fortunes leading up the to last year’s Gold Cup.

Racing For Change, eat your heart out….

• His family made him a Kauto Star cake for his 50^th birthday, when his wife also replaced all the photos of her with pictures of Kauto.

In spite of the above….

• In aid of charity, he hosted his own Kauto-themed version of Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me, “where all guests had to wear green and yellow and spent the evening watching all my recordings of his great races.”

What TV Gold that would have made….

• He names all his quiz teams the “Kauto’s Stars”, including at his bank’s Manchester Regional Quiz Night.

That would have gone down well with the bosses. Banks love a gambler, after all….

• He claims to have led the paddock cheering for Kauto Star at Haydock last year – “you can clearly hear me on Youtube” – where even “Alice Plunkett complemented me on the jumper.”

After much discussion by the judges, he narrowly avoided instant disqualification after Plunkett’s seal of approval…

• He emailed Tanya Stevenson last year, trying to get on the Morning Line at Haydock on Betfair Chase Day, citing his “Kauto love” 

Unfortunately for Evans, Paul Nicholls just shaded it as the main guest on the programme. But ever-diplomatic Tanya acknowledged in an email response that Evans “must be his number one fan”

• Last year he grew a moustache for Movember – and, you’ve guessed it, dyed it yellow, green and purple.

Pure class….

On a more serious note and all joking aside, Evans stood out for his dedication and love of the horse, and he wins a VIP day out at Haydock on Saturday, where he will get to meet the horse and all the connections.

Evans said:  “I cannot tell you how special Saturday will be – a genuine dream come true. I just hope that I do not become too starstruck. ”

And he certainly faced some stiff competition.

The five runner-ups included Chris Reddross, a businessman from Glasgow, who now runs “Kauto Couriers” – and one of his vans will be at Haydock on Saturday, having been adorned in Kauto colours just for the day. He wins some signed memorabilia, including the Kauto Star book kindly donated by the Racing Post, along with the aforementioned “Girl With The Agony Tattoo”, Diana Young, as well as a young Lois Mortimer, whose bedroom heavily features the horse and who has “Kauto v Denman races up the stairs” with her sister.

Niki Jones, who has painstakingly cross–stitched pictures of the horse, also narrowly missed out, as did the bride, Michelle Hussey, who themed her wedding around the horse, including down to the men’s cufflinks and her own garter.

Are you Kauto Star’s biggest fan?

CALLING ALL KAUTO STAR LOVERS – BE CROWNED HIS BIGGEST FAN!

CALLING all Kauto Star lovers!

Do you want to be crowned his biggest fan?

Well, in celebration of Kauto Star’s four wins in the Betfair Chase – and remember he is parading at Haydock Park on Saturday 24 November, Betfair Chase Day, when a statue will also be unveiled in his honour – Haydock Park and sponsor Betfair are launching a campaign to search for the National Hunt legend’s biggest fan.

Whether it be naming your first born “Kauto”, dying your hair purple, yellow and green or painting your car in the Kauto Star colours all forms of dedication will considered by the judging panel!

In fact the more extreme your devotion the better!

Whoever is judged to be Kauto Star’s biggest fan will receive a fantastic prize of a day out at the Betfair Chase, with a three-course lunch in one of the top restaurants for themselves and a guest, as well as the chance to be in the paddock when Kauto Star parades before racing.

Finally, and we have saved the best until last, the winner will have the chance to meet the legend himself and be photographed with him.

To enter simply email the team at the address below and explain why you deserve to be crowned Kauto Star’s Biggest Fan.

Haydockpark.racing@thejockeyclub.co.uk

A decision will be made in the week of the Betfair Chase and the winner notified by email. Photos, videos, poems, letters and all other forms of entry will all be accepted. Entries close at 12 noon on Wednesday 21 November.

The Betfair Chase Festival takes place at Haydock Park on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 November, featuring the Betfair Chase on the Saturday, a race that Kauto Star won four times in his career, including his emotional 2011 victory. This year’s renewal is set to be just as thrilling, with a top class field entered, including former Gold Cup winners Long Run and Imperial Commander, Cue Card and rising stars such as Silviniaco Conti.

To book tickets visit www.haydock-park.co.uk or call 0844 579 3006!

Follow Haydock Racecourse on Twitter @Haydockraces!

Ayr Racecourse Ticket Competition

THE first jumps meeting of the 2012-2013 season at Ayr Racecourse is John Smith’s Raceday on Saturday November 3.

It’s the opening fixture of 10 meetings culminating in the Coral Scottish Grand National Festival at the track on Friday April 19 and Saturday April 20.

The November action features seven races featuring horses from some of the top stables in the north ridden by leading jockeys.

The action commences at 1.05 pm with the John Smith’s Maiden Hurdle and the feature race of the afternoon is the John Smith’s No Nonsense Handicap Chase due off at 3.15 pm.

We’ve teamed up with Ayr Racecourse to offer you a pair of tickets for Saturday 3rd November 2012!  For your chance to win a pair of tickets, answer this simple question:

Who is the Ayr Scottish Grand National sponsor for 2013?

A) Coral

B) Ladbrokes

C) William Hill

For your chance to win, email you answer and your contact details to competitions@horseracingtavern.com! Competition closes on Sunday 28th October! Good luck!

Jumps Action Returns to Ayr Racecourse

THE first jumps meeting of the 2012-2013 season at Ayr Racecourse is John Smith’s Raceday on Saturday November 3.

It’s the opening fixture of 10 meetings culminating in the Coral Scottish Grand National Festival at the track on Friday April 19 and Saturday April 20.

The November action features seven races featuring horses from some of the top stables in the north ridden by leading jockeys.

The action commences at 1.05 pm with the John Smith’s Maiden Hurdle and the feature race of the afternoon is the John Smith’s No Nonsense Handicap Chase due off at 3.15 pm.

The final race is the Craigie ‘Newcomers’ Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race at 4.20 pm. Gates open at 11.00 am.

For more information go online at www.ayr-racecourse.co.uk or call 01292 264179.