The appearance of Frankie Dettori at Beverley Racecourse’s Hilary Needler Trophy night could spell double trouble for the bookies. Dettori returned to the Westwood last season after a five-year break from the course and claimed four winners from five rides early in the season. He’s back for two rides tonight and it’s his first, Solicitor in the 7pm Kevin Donkin Memorial Handicap, that is generating the most interest. Solicitor won…
Thousands of people once again flocked to Beverley Racecourse for this afternoons race meet. HU17.net’s tip Aquarian Spirit trained by Richard Fahey and ridden by Paul Hanagan managed to get third in the Happy 65th Birthday Graham Roberts Handicap feature race. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image…
Aquarian Spirit is leading the betting today in Beverley’s big race of today, the Happy 65th Birthday Graham Roberts Handicap. Racing gets under way at the Westwood racecourse at 2pm on a six race card and a good crowd is expected on what should be a fine, warm day. The biggest race, the Happy 65th Birthday Graham Roberts Handicap, starts at 4pm and is over one mile and a furlong….
HU17.net Magazine issue 41, featuring pictures from the following events and sports fixtures: * Lemgo Visitors * Royal Wedding Street Parties * Out & About: The Kings Head * Dave Barley’s 25th @ The Beverley Memorial Hall * Royal Welcome for Green Ginger Morris Men * Mayday @ Beverley Racecourse * Molescroft FC Team Poster * Beverley Town Cricket Club * Elvis Presley’s Burger Tribute * AFC Tickton Girls Vs…
Join Beverley Racecourse for a themed race night with a difference. Racegoers will each be given a padlock or key on arrival and it’s up to you to spend the evening looking for the one that matches yours. Find it and you could win a whole host of prizes – winners will be announced in a prize draw after the fourth race (approximately 8pm). If you fancy a flutter, races…
HU17.net Magazine issue 39, featuring pictures from the following events and sports fixtures: * Angels in Action * Out & About: Friday Around Beverley * Out & About: Saturday Night in the Kings head * Simone & John Kelly’s Leaving Party at Hodgsons * Beverley Races: Thursday Race Meeting * Saturday Night in the Mariners Arms * Beverley RUFC 2nd XV * Beverley Town Vs AFC Tickton * Beverley ARLC…
Punters enjoyed an afternoon at Beverley Racecourse with a card that featured champion Jockey Paul Hanagan, Silvester De Sousa and Julie Burke who is was awarded this Kyne-Wilson Scholarship. Burk picked up a credible second in the 3.10 Get Married At Beverley Racecourse Handicap on Red Kestral. Racing returns to Beverley Racecourse on the 4th May 2011, the Mayday Raceday Meeting. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below…
HU17.net Magazine issue 38, featuring pictures from the following events and sports fixtures: Jeremy Kyle New TV Show Filmed Locally Out & About: Bar Fusion Out & About: Lord Nelson Tracy’s 50th @ Hodgsons Beverley Races: Spring Back to Racing Beverley RUFC U13 Team Poster & Driffield Game Beverley RUFC U14 Eager Beaver Clinch Promotion Beverley RUFC Vs Hull Swinemoor Primary School Art Week Beverley Town Cricket Club First Match…
Beverley Racecourse’s first meeting of the season was blessed by fantastic weather on the Westwood. Thousands of punters enjoyed the conditions for the suitably named ‘Spring Into Racing At Beverley’ meeting. Among those making the most of a superb day of racing were former Hull City captain Ian Ashbee, BBC Radio Humberside legend David Burns and Beverley ARLC manager Richard Shaw. The racing got off to a slightly muted start…
The prolific Kevin Ryan/ Philip Makin partnership was in top form as they claimed the main prize at Beverley Racecourse’s first meeting of the season. Makin rode 14/1 shot Breathless Kiss to victory in the ‘Spring Into Racing At Beverley’ Handicap, the day’s feature race. In a tense finish, Makin’s class shone through as he drove Breathless Kiss home to beat the nearest challenger, 8-1 shot Beat The Bell, by…
Beverley Racecourse expects award winning race night to be a huge hit with racegoers in second year Beverley Racecourse is hoping that the award winning Lucky in Love race night will hold the key to the best night out of the year, after tickets have gone on sale for the popular themed event. Sally Iggulden, chief executive of Beverley Racecourse, expects the night to be a massive hit in its…
Beverley Racecourse general manager Sally Iggulden hopes the course’s star race will still attract the best of the North’s sprinters despite it losing its Listed status. The Hillary Needler Trophy, held every May, is the racing high-point on the Westwood but because of a fall in standard of entrants for the fillies-only two-year-old sprint, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) have removed the coveted Listed status of the race. Iggulden admits…
Young Beverley racer Jordan Rushby is looking forward to an exciting year after confirming his ride for the coming Superteen season. Jordan has confirmed he will be riding an Aprilia RS 125cc bike for the 2011 season, during which he’ll race at some of the country’s most famous tracks. Jordon already has sponsors, Strattons Motorcycles, Moto GB and Roclad Systems, though requires more backing to raise the £15K needed for the season. Jordan will rub…
Beverley in Bloom wants your ideas about how they can make Beverley look beautiful this year. You are invited to an open day to come and chat to members of the group, to see what the group does, to give your ideas and feedback and to get more involved if you want to. The event is on Thursday January 20th between 11am and 2pm at the Town Council office at…
It was October 1962, the fair was in town and new police constable William Albert Rice had embarked on his first night of duty. Within in a matter of hours, the legend of the most popular policeman in Beverley’s history was born and a great man had made the first of many indelible marks on his adopted town. He tells the story: “The first night I was on duty in…
Holderness Hunt Supporters Club held their annual hunt meeting at the Beverley Westwood. The event was switched to Monday as this year Boxing Day fell on a Sunday, but hundreds still turned out to see the horses and hounds, including Cllr David Elvidge and the local MP Graham Stuart. Unfortunately due to the frozen ground they were unable to drive the hounds round the Beverley Westwood. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click…
A big effort from a number of East Riding of Yorkshire Council services has meant that, despite the recent dreadful weather, this year’s Festival of Christmas in Beverley has been given the all clear to go ahead as planned on Sunday, 12th December. Festival committee chairman Councillor John Bird said: “I would like to thank the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for pulling out all the stops to ensure that…
Khans of Beverley is proud to have been serving Beverley the finest authentic Kashmiri and Indian Cuisine for over 15 years. Whilst Beverley has changed dramatically over this period, we have strived to maintain a standard of excellence rivalled by no other eatery in the region. At the heart of what we do is, of course, our cuisine. Recipes taken from numerous regions in the Middle East and Asia and…
