MEDIA RELEASE 13 JULY 2015

PREPARATION FOR LADIES DAY PICKS UP PACE

There’s some Summer Afternoon Racing to enjoy at Uttoxeter Racecourse on Wednesday

15 July, before the big top rolls into the market town - in the shape of Ladies Day, on Friday

24 July.

As the temperatures continue to rise, so does the profile of the award-winning racecourse on

the Staffordshire-Derbyshire borders, which already this year has enjoyed some major

highlights. Sharleen Spiteri and Texas, A.P. McCoy, Sara Cox, Channel 4 and even Peppa

Pig have all played their part at Uttoxeter Racecourse this year - along with some of the best

chasers, trainers and jockeys in the world of horse racing.

More than ‘just’ a race meeting, Ladies Day provides the theatrical backdrop for the ladies

(and gentlemen) to take to the stage, for another memorable afternoon of top fun and high

fashion.

Reflecting on her own experiences at Ladies Night at Uttoxeter earlier this summer, DJ Sara

Cox recently wrote in her Sunday Mirror column: “Uttoxeter Racecourse was blessed with

hot weather, it was a bit like playing at dusk in Ibiza except with more wide-brimmed hats,

less bikinis and the sun setting over the bookie’s stand not a beach”.

Now, Uttoxeter Racecourse is planning to stage yet another spectacular occasion - where

the frocks and fascinators will be more than matched by the facts and figures.

Did you know, for example, that more than 150 kilogrammes of strawberries are expected to

be consumed by racegoers on the day? That 2,700 glasses of Champagne and Prosecco

will be poured; 4,500 meals will be served; and that well over 6,000 people (of whom more

than 60% will be females) will be able to enjoy a full card of seven races.

And, assuming the average height of shoe on the night is three inches, it’s even possible to

say that if they were laid down ‘heel-to-heel’ along the track, they would stretch for three

furlongs - or three quarters of the length of the home straight!

With seven races on the card, Ladies Day this year will also give racegoers the chance to

boogie the night away after the racing, with a live concert from an ‘Olly Meets Bublé’ tribute

act.

For those who fancy their chances there’s always the fun of having a flutter. And, as ever,

there will also be prizes on offer for the Best Dressed Lady, and the Best Hat and this year

they’re proudly sponsored by the exclusive Hoar Cross Hall Spa Hotel who will also be

offering hair and beauty treatments throughout the day

While Ladies Day on Friday 24 July is expected to produce one of the highlights of

Staffordshire’s summer season, the racecourse will then face a couple of very busy days to

be ready in time for what promises to be an action packed Summer Family Fun Day on

Sunday 26 July - featuring One Direction’s only cover band, ‘Only One Direction’, and a rare

chance to see a children’s pony race being run on one of the country’s top racecourses.

Full details of both meetings can be found online at www.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk.

Tickets for Ladies Day are available from just £10 both online, or over the phone from the

racecourse office on 01889 562561.

-ENDS-

For further information please contact:Hayley LockerMarketing ManagerUttoxeter RacecourseTelephone: 01889 562561Email: hlocker@uttoxeter-racecourse.co.ukWebsite: www.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk.

Twitter: @UttoxeterRaces

Facebook: Uttoxeter Racecourse

NOTES TO EDITORS:

About ARC:Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) is the largest racecourse operator in the UK with its

racecourses hosting racing on over 300 days a year. ARC is made up of the following fifteen

racecourses: Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Doncaster, Ffos Las, Fontwell Park, Great

Yarmouth, Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Royal Windsor, Sedgefield, Southwell, Uttoxeter,

Wolverhampton and Worcester.

ARC runs three of the five all-weather tracks in the UK offering three different types of

surface for horses to run on: Polytrack at Lingfield Park, fibresand at Southwell and the only

tapeta racing surface in Europe at Wolverhampton.

In 2014 ARC pioneered the first All-Weather Championships which see horses compete

throughout the winter for the chance of qualifying for Finals Day on Good Friday at Lingfield

Park with a prize fund of over £1 million.

ARC hosts racing at all levels of the sport from Class 7 through to Group 1s. Doncaster

racecourse is home to the world’s oldest classic, the St Leger, run each year in September

as part of the four-day St Leger Festival. Feature jumps races include the Grade 1 Fighting

Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle racecourse, the Welsh National at Chepstow racecourse and

Midlands National at Uttoxeter racecourse.

As well as racing, ARC also operates a hotel at Wolverhampton, a hotel, spa resort and golf

course at Lingfield Park and The Border Minstrel public house at Newcastle racecourse in

the grounds of Gosforth Park.

ARC is the majority shareholder in the horseracing TV channel At The Races which is

broadcast on the Sky platform to c.14 million homes, and a JV partner with Racing UK in

GBI Racing which sells UK and Irish Racing to betting shop operators around the world.

ARC plays a pivotal role in British Racing. It is a shareholder in British Champions Series

and Racecourse Data Company; a signatory to a British Horseracing Authority’s and

Horsemen’s Group Prize Money Agreement; and on the boards of the Racecourse

Association (“RCA”), Racing Enterprises Limited (“REL”) and Great British Racing (“GBR”).

ARC employs over 500 permanent staff and engages with 3,500 casual staff for racing and

events across its racecourses. Further information about ARC can be found at

www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk.