MEDIA RELEASE

26 OCTOBER 2015
RAISE YOUR GLASSES TO THE

MARSTONS BEER FESTIVAL RACEDAY, AT UTTOXETER

The next major event at Uttoxeter Racecourse is the Marstons Beer Festival Raceday, when
racegoers and groups of friends alike will be converging on this picturesque corner of
Staffordshire to enjoy both a tipple and a flutter.
Promising to be yet another highlight in what has already been a hugely successful year for
Uttoxeter Racecourse, the Beer Festival Raceday will be held on Saturday 14 November.
And, as autumn events go, the promise of some top-class National Hunt horse racing
combined with a great selection of real ales in a specially erected Beer Marquee is likely to
draw a crowd even larger than the record turnout for the 2014 event.
Traditionally one of the famous racecourses most popular meets of the year, it also features
one race in addition to the seven on the days race cardthe annual Mascot Race which will
feature mascots representing various pints of Marstons beer!
Admission prices for racing and the beer festival start from 17 for adults (available by
booking in advance, online to secure a 3 discount). Under-18s are admitted free of charge
to all racedays at Uttoxeter Racecourse, making it an affordable day for all the family. The
gates open at 10.30, with the first race of the day scheduled for 12.20, and the last at 4pm.
Full details of all of the packages available can be found at http://www.uttoxeterracecourse.co.uk/whats-on/fixture/14-november-2015/. A Premier or Grandstand & Paddock
Ticket will be required to gain access to the Beer Festival Marquee.
Tickets for the day are already on sale both online at www.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk, or by
telephone from the racecourse office on 01889 562561.
ENDS

For further information please contact:

Hayley Locker
Marketing Manager
Uttoxeter Racecourse
Telephone: 01889 562561
Email: hlocker@uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk
Website: 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 racecourses in the UK offering three different types of
surface for horses to run on: Polytrack at Lingfield Park, fibresand at Southwell Racecourse
and the only tapeta racing surface in Europe at Wolverhampton Racecourse. ARC is
currently investing over 11 million in the facilities at Newcastle Racecourse which will see
racing commence on a second tapeta racing surface in Great Britain from May 2016.
In 2014 ARC pioneered the All-Weather Championships which see horses compete
throughout the winter for the chance of qualifying for a 1.1 million Finals Day on Good
Friday at Lingfield Park. This initiative is helping raise the profile and prestige of all-weather
racing in Great Britain.
ARC hosts racing at all levels of the sport from Class 7 through to Group 1s. Doncaster
Racecourse is home to the worlds 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 Racecourse, 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 Authoritys and
Horsemens 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.
www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk.

Further information about ARC can be found at