Cup is golden prize at Redcar.ONE of Redcar's most prestigious races, the totesuper7 Zetland Gold Cup, is the highlight of an impressive programme on Spring Bank Holiday Monday afternoon, the first leg of the course's traditional two-day meeting. Racing on both days is scheduled to begin at 2.10pm. With a total prize fund of pounds 50,000 the totesuper7 Zetland Gold Cup is a famous heritage handicap over one mile and a quarter, which is set to attract a quality turn-out of top middle-distance horses. Last year's winner, Capable Guest, was trained by the former England footballer-turned-trainer, Mick Channon Michael Roger 'Mick' Channon (born 28 November 1948 in Orcheston, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a feared football goalscorer with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer. .. Recent winners include Flipando, Chantaco, Blue Monday, Blue Spinnaker, Hazim, Flight Sequence and The Whistling Teal (Zool.) a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India. See also: Whistling . Also on Bank Holiday Monday, regular sponsors Market Cross Jewellers, support a handicap contest for maidens over the staying distance of one mile and three-quarters. The toteswinger Handicap Stakes, a pounds 10,000 race for three-year-olds over one mile and a quarter is also featured on the opening day. The giant screen situated opposite the main stands, will enable racegoers to follow all of the action. There's a jazz band and a selection of attractions for youngsters in the Course Enclosure, such as bouncy castles, a clown clown, a comic character usually distinguished by garish makeup and costume whose antics are both humorously clumsy and acrobatic. The clown employs a broad, physical style of humor that is wordless or not as self-consciously verbal as the traditional fool or jester. , juggler juggler Entertainer who keeps several plates, knives, balls, or other objects in the air at once by tossing and catching them. The art of juggling has been practiced since antiquity. and face-painting. The action on Tuesday begins with a race for maiden MAIDEN. The name of an instrument formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. two-year-old fillies supported by the European Breeders' Fund. A couple of the seven races on Tuesday are sponsored by Weatherbys of Wellingborough, a company which provides administrative and commercial services to the racing industry. The Anderson Barrowcliff Handicap Stakes, a contest for three-year-old sprinters over six furlongs, is supported by one of the region's largest firms of chartered accountants, financial and business advisers, based at Thornaby. CATTERICK 'Totepool Day' this Saturday features the totequadpot Handicap Stakes, a contest over seven furlongs offering prize money of pounds 12,000. Racing is scheduled to begin at 2.30pm and the whole programme is supported by totepool, who together with totesport, comprise the biggest commercial sponsor in British racing. A giant screen will offer racegoers a close-up view of the action and there's a variety of attractions for young racegoers in the Course Enclosure. Musical entertainment is provided by the Zoe Gilby Trio.. CAPTION(S): GOLDEN BOY: Mick Channon was last year's winner of the Zetland Gold Cup at Redcar |
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