Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to the first of two days of spectacular racing. We have a fascinating eight-race card for you this afternoon, kindly supported by bet365, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing and the EBF, with the feature race, the Listed IRE Incentive, It Pays to Buy Irish Rose Bowl Stakes, which has attracted nine exciting two-year-olds. Bosh and Goldilocks were both impressive winners here on their last runs, whilst Frankella won at the Newmarket July Festival just last week. Looking back on this time last year where this meeting was held behind closed doors – we are so pleased to see the buzz return around the parade ring and hear the crowds roar home a winner again. We are looking ahead to 19 July when we will be allowed to open up again at full capacity for our remaining summer fixtures including our final Gin Thursday on Thursday 22 July, along with our two Party in the Paddock events: Olly Murs on Saturday 14 August and Rick Astley on Saturday 18 September. Importantly, the continued safety of our customers, staff and participants remain the priority here at Newbury and we will continue to adhere to a number of safety procedures as we open up fully again. We cannot thank you all enough for your patience during this period and do hope we see you again later this summer. If you are joining us tomorrow, you are in for a treat as we celebrate the 30th running of the Weatherbys Super Sprint, where a field of 22 quality horses have been declared. As we are running at reduced capacity, we are sold out for this day, but do join us from home on the ITV main channel. Thank you for choosing to spend your afternoon with us. I hope you have an enjoyable and profitable time, and that you will be back with us again very soon.
Julian Thick Chief Executive 3
