PERTH GOLD CUP DAY SUNDAY 22nd JUNE

The McEwan's City of Perth Gold Cup Handicap Steeplechase £30,000 added will be the feature event during the most valuable day ever staged at the Scone Palace course, with a total prize fund of £83,000, so big fields are anticipated. Sam Morshead, General Manager is however keen to emphasise that some great racing is just the backdrop to a special day of family entertainment. A mixture of Horse Vaulting, Falconry Displays & Ferret Racing, with more children's entertainment than even the most hyperactive child can manage. It should be a memorable day.

The racecourse gates will open at 11.00am, so the best advice is to arrive early, especially if you are bringing a picnic and taking your car into the centre of the course. Racegoers who do not wish to bring their cars to the course can make use of the free Park & Ride facility at the Broxden roundabout, where direct buses to the racecourse will be in service from 11.00am. The new regular raceday bus service will also be in operation from Mill Street in Perth leaving at 70, 60 and 50 minutes before the first race, which begins at 2.30pm.

There is also a free bus from Albert Square in Dundee leaving at 11.00am.