PERTH TO PAY PRIZE MONEY DOWN TO 8TH PLACE
ALL
RACES, AT CERTAIN FIXTURES AT PERTH RACECOURSE DURING
THE SUMMER OF 2004 WILL CARRY PRIZE MONEY DOWN TO 8TH
PLACE. A TOTAL OF £25,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FROM RACECOURSE
FUNDS TO BE SPREAD OVER THE FOUR DAYS RACING AT PERTH
IN JULY AND AUGUST. TOTAL PRIZE MONEY ON OFFER OVER THIS
SUMMER PERIOD WILL BE JUST UNDER £200,000.
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SAM
MORSHEAD, PERTH GENERAL MANAGER SAID; " Our average, the
amount of runners per race in 2002 was 9.3 and in 2003 9.6,
considering our geographic position these are very respectable
figures and we continue to move in the right direction.
However, in this changing environment we cannot afford to
be complacent and by providing this extra incentive we hope
that only on rare occasions will we have fields of less
than eight runners. There are one or two big trainers in
the South of Scotland and North of England who do not keep
horses going through the summer.
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We
can provide Good Ground on excellent turf in the driest
of summers, as we proved this year, and have on offer prize
money considerably above minimum values. I hope that this
extra incentive will encourage owners to have horses in
training during the summer and so they can enjoy regular
opportunities to win some good prize money and cover their
travel costs on a regular basis".
For
further information please contact:
Sam
Morshead:
General Manager
Tel: 01738 551597
Mobile: 07768868848
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