Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival: £5,000 Trainers’ bonus up for grabs

As the excitement builds for the Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival, sponsored by Sky Bet, a new challenge has been thrown into the mix. 

A trainers’ bonus of £5,000 will be given to the first trainer who manages a win over five different days of the Summer Festival, which starts on Friday, July 18 and runs until Saturday, July 26. 

Ben Warn, Chairman of Go Racing In Yorkshire said:

“There are eight days of racing during the Summer Festival, so it won’t be easy, but we thought it would be a fun addition to the week.  Competition is always healthy in Yorkshire, so we are keen to support anything that encourages and rewards runners in the county.” 

Although it will be difficult, it’s not impossible – last year the challenge would have been won by David O’Meara and in 2023, Richard Fahey would have landed the spoils. 

David O’Meara said: “We have a lot of runners in Yorkshire so a challenge like this is right up our street.  We will be looking carefully at the races to make sure we have as many runners as possible throughout the week and hope to take the prize home with us.” 

The first time the bonus can be won is at Catterick on Wednesday, July 23, should a trainer have a winner on the first five days of the festival and running totals will be displayed at racecourses and on social media.

Friday 18th July – Pontefract (eve) 

Saturday 19th July – Ripon 

Saturday 19th July – Doncaster (eve) 

Sunday 20th July – Redcar 

Monday 21st July – Beverley (eve) 

Wednesday 23rd July – Catterick 

Wednesday 23rd July – Doncaster (eve) 

Thursday 24th July – Doncaster 

Friday 25th July - Thirsk 

Friday 25th July – York (eve) 

Saturday 26th July - York