Hamilton Parkstart for£1.2m raceseries
Hamilton Park Racecourse will play host to the First 2022 Sky Bet Sunday Series fixture this weekend with 194 entries – with every race live on ITV Racing.
The £1.2m Series, in its second year, offers an additional £250,000 worth of bonuses for jockeys, apprentices, trainers, owners, and stable staff. The prize-money and incentives have been rewarded with extremely encouraging entries.
Hamilton Park’s race-day is the most valuable in its history and its Managing Director, Ashley Moon, said: “Given the spotlight on low field sizes right now, the entries for Sunday’s card are extremely welcome and appreciated.
“It shows what can be achieved when the industry comes together to put on excellent prize-money and competitive racing in a lateafternoon weekend slot, which is all on terrestrial television.
“It’s a fantastic initiative which hopefully will help to attract the next generation of racing fans.”
There is a Sky Bet Sunday Series Bonus of £100,000 on offer for the first jockey to ride a total of seven winners across the six fixtures, and leading northern-based rider Paul Mulrennan will be going “all out” for it.
Mulrennan said: “The £100,000 bonus certainly concentrates the mind!
“With five of the six fixtures in the north, where I am based, I’ll certainly be going all out for it. There will be a lot of jockeys like me, thinking it’s going to be challenging, but not impossible.
“It’s brilliant to see Sky Bet, ITV and the racecourses teaming up to put on the Series.
“Hopefully, Hamilton Park will be rewarded with a decent crowd, and many younger, first-time race-goers and, judging by the entries, it looks like the sport is really getting behind the Series, which is great to see.”
The Sky Bet Sunday Series is open to all trainers who have horses eligible for the race conditions and the six seven-race Sunday cards comprise: Hamilton Park (May 8); York (May 22); Musselburgh (June 5); Pontefract (June 19); Haydock Park (August 7) and Sandown Park (August 21).