Beverley racecourse will on Bank Holiday Monday (May 7) pay its respects to former leading jockey Mark Birch by staging a race named in his memory.
Birch, who died of lung cancer in October 2016 at the age of 67, enjoyed a 30-year association with Peter Easterby and twice won the Chester Cup aboard the legendary Sea Pigeon.
Celebrity chef Colin McGurran is bringing a cordon bleu dining experience to racegoers at every meeting at Beverley Racecourse this season.
Colin’s restaurant, Winteringham Fields, is recognised as one of the very best culinary venues in the North of England and draws discerning diners from far and wide.
A fund-raising day for the Daisy Appeal at Castle Hill Hospital is being held by traders on Beverley Market this weekend.
The event, on Saturday 5 May, will include a children’s treasure hunt, a tombola and a grand prize raffle with more than 20 great prizes up for grabs.
The East Riding will welcome some of the world’s top cyclists, including Olympic silver medallist and UCI Road World Championship winner Mark Cavendish, on Thursday, 3 May when Beverley hosts the start of both the men’s and women’s Tour de Yorkshire.
Thousands of spectators are expected to line the race route in the East Riding as the peloton races through the area, taking in a number of towns and villages including Tour de Yorkshire debutants Howden and Hornsea.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council are the latest organisation to express their regrets at the collapse of the Beverley Folk Festival which has seen this year’s event cancelled.
The Council who have been keen supporters of the Beverley Folk Festival added they were able to put a stop to the money that was due to be granted to help fund the festival.
Beverley Racecourse have released a statement following the news that the Beverley Folk Festival has been cancelled.
The event, which was a ‘not for profit’ organisation cancelled the event leaving those with tickets and other suppliers out of pocket.
Prominent owner Keith Brown is determined to help ease sad memories from last year by returning to the winner’s enclosure at Beverley this season.
Brown, who is based just nine miles away from Beverley in Swanland, has savoured numerous high-profile triumphs, most notably across the Irish Sea.
People from Beverley or those who have lived here a while – along with those who are regular visitors – will already know what an undiscovered gem our racecourse truly is.
So, why is it so unsung, generally speaking, even among fans of the sport – and is this something that should change?
Beverley Racecourse is stepping back in time to celebrate a distant era of racing on the Westwood.
The course is recreating a raceday in 1960, from a time when the country began to emerge from the post-war blues into a new era of optimism.
Leading equine experts from across Yorkshire are hooking up at a charity fundraising evening at the Conference Centre at Beverley Racecourse next week.
Coinciding with National Equestrian Safety Day, the inaugural Yorkshire Horse & Rider Safety Event will feature presentations from experts in different disciplines that impact on horse welfare and how a horse will perform in public.
A group that has thrilled the crowds at Glastonbury and taken the Edinburgh Fringe by storm has signed up to headline Beverley Folk Festival.
As part of the event’s 35th anniversary, The Demon Barbers XL will be taking to festival’s main stage on Saturday 16th June 2018.
Beverley Folk Festival will once again bring some fun and flare to the streets of Beverley, when Dance Teams from around the country descend on the town for the 35th annual Folk Festival.
Quick-footed performers from Norfolk, Lincoln, Newcastle, Leeds, Coventry, Sheffield and Leeds will stage a range of traditional dances, including Rapper, Sword, Border and Step Clog Morris.
White Rabbit Chocolatiers and all-female theatre company She Productions have joined forces to run an Easter ‘Eggstravaganza’ of family entertainment in Beverley.
They are working together on an all-original musical play created by director of She, Annie Kirkman, called ‘Alice’s Eggstravaganza in Wonderland’.
A company director has been ordered to pay £1,763.50 after his firm illegally put signs up across the East Riding advertising a Christmas event in Beverley.
Paul Leonard, director of Cottage Industrys Ltd of Ings Lane, Dunswell, had a significant number of advertising boards placed on the public highway without permission in October last year to promote a Mistletoe Fair at Beverley Racecourse taking place in November.
Racegoers can expect new themed race meetings, more family-friendly days, new and improved party nights, plus, of course, exhilarating flat racing over one mile and three furlongs on the spectacular Westwood course.
The Beverley Races season gallops out of the stalls with the season opener on April 18 and is quickly into its stride with one of this year’s new highlights – Bygone Beverley – a themed raceday taking us back in time to one of the most defining decades of the 20th century.
Beverley will be a hive of activity this weekend as one of the key signature events, Beverley Festival of Christmas takes place with the promise of festive fun for all.
With tens of thousands of people expected to attend, the Beverley Festival of Christmas will feature a Victorian market, festive parade and host of live entertainment.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is keen to hear from members of the public on proposals to improve part of the A164 and the Jock’s Lodge Junction.
As part of its funding bid to the Department for Transport (DfT), the council has launched an online survey and has arranged drop-in sessions at Beverley Racecourse on Wednesday, 8 November (9.30am-6.45pm) and the Morrison’s Beverley store on Friday, 10 November (9.30am-6.45pm) to hear from the public.
Beverley Racecourse has been named as four time Finalists for the prestigious Showcase & Awards, hosted by the Racecourse Association.
The Showcase & Awards is the marquee event of British racecourses that annually celebrates first class customer experience in partnership with Moët Hennessy and Racing Post.